John Rath House
- Architect
- George W. Maher
- Year
- 1907
- City
- Chicago, IL
The John Rath House at 2703 West Logan Boulevard was built in 1907 by architect George W. Maher for John Rath, owner of the Rath Cooperage Company, one of the largest barrel-making concerns in the country. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on December 1, 1993.
the building
Prairie School massing. The house carries the low roofline and deep, overhanging eaves typical of Prairie School houses, hugging the ground rather than reaching upward.
Entryways and art glass. Distinctive arched doorways and entryways frame the house, and its art-glass windows are singled out as among its most impressive features.
the style
Maher designed the Rath House in the Prairie School idiom, the horizontal, ground-hugging style Chicago-area architects developed around the turn of the century. Here it shows up in the low roof and deep eaves, paired with arched entryways and art-glass windows rather than the plainer geometry seen in some Prairie work.
the architect
George W. Maher was a notable architect of Chicago's Prairie School era; the Rath House is one of his individually Chicago-landmarked commissions.
significance
The John Rath House was designated a Chicago Landmark on December 1, 1993, recognized as an architecturally significant house in the Logan Square neighborhood.
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