John M. Van Osdel, July 31, 1811 – December 21, 1891
Armory & Police Court, 1856-1871
Bishop’s House
Briggs House I, 1856-1871
Burch Block I & Iron Block Buildings, 1857-1868/1871
Central High School, 1856-1950
Chicago House of Correction (The Bridewell), 1871-1928
Church of the Holy Family, 1860-Present
City Hotel, 1848-1871
Henry B. Clarke House From plans drawn by John M. Van Osdel, 1836-Present
Cobb’s Block
S. B. Cobb’s Building
Cochrane House, 1856-1859
Court House IV
Drake Block I and II
Farwell, Brinkerhoff, Smith & Stearns Building, 1870-1871
Field, Leiter Building (Potter Palmer Block), 1868-1871
Hall, Kimbark & Co. Buildings, 1853-1871
Kendall Block I & II, 1852-1871; 1871-1871
Lincoln House, abt 1865-1871
Lind’s Block, 1851 – 1963
Masonic Temple, 1856-1871
Matteson House I, 1850-1871
Palmer House I
Reynold’s Block
Rice Theatre II
Robbins Building I
Smith & Nixon’s Block II
Charles Tobey Furniture and Bedding Building, 1857-1871
Tremont Houses
Tyler Block (Merchants’ Hotel), 1855-1864
Young America Hotel
Wm. Backus & Co.
E. W. Blatchford Lead Factory & Chicago Shot Tower Companies
St. James’ Episcopal Church I
Edward Burling
Tribune Building I
Chicago Historical Society I
Chamber of Commerce
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Foster House
Avenue House
First National Bank II
Portland’s Block
Armour Building I
Culver, Page & Hoyne Building
Peter Schuttler Mansion
Chicago Mechanical Bakery
St. James’ Episcopal Church I
Clark Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Newberry Block
King & Kellogg Block
Frederick Baumann
Central High School, with John M. Van Osdel
Burling & Baumann
Chicago Orphan Asylum
Marine Bank I
Holy Name Cathedral I
W. & E. Baumann
Shepard Block
Robbins Building I
Merchants’ Hotel
A. Carter
Raymond Block
Carter & Drake
Morrison Blocks
Dillenberg and Zucker
Church of the Holy Family (exterior)
T. V. Wadskier
Arcade Building
Major Block I
Unity Church I
Otis Block I
W. W. Boyington
Academy of Music I
Bowen Brothers Building
Bowen Brothers Dry Goods
Crosby Opera House
Dearborn Observatory
First Baptist Church III
Fullerton’s Block
Garrett Block I
Illinois Central Land Development Building
Keeps’ Building
Lombard Block
Loomis Block
Massasoit Block
McCarthy Building
Wabash Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Metropolitan Hotel
Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad, and Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Depot
Michigan Terrace
North Presbyterian Church
Palmer House II
Park Row
Oriental Building I
Orient House
Pacific Hotel I
St. Paul’s Universalist Church I
Sherman House I & II
Stone’s Building
University of Chicago
Wabash Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Wadsworth’s Marble Block
Water Tower II
Water Works II
Young Men’s Christian Building (Farwell Hall) (1869 rebuilding)
Otis L. Wheelock
Honoré Blocks I
Speed’s Block
Commercial National Bank Building
Rosehill Cemetery
Wadsworth’s Marble Block
Palmer Blocks
Augustus Baur
Merchant’s Insurance Building
Ulrich Block
Commercial Insurance Company Building
Otis Matz
Great Central Depot
Nixon’s Block
Nixon’s Exchange
Smith & Nixon’s Block I
Link’s Block
Frederick Baumann
Union Building I
Jason Gurley
Young Men’s Christian Building (Farwell Hall)
Ira Miltimore
Dearborn School I
Boyington & Wheelock
McVicker’s Theatre I & II
Toussaint Menard
St. Ignatius College Preparatory
George H. Edbrooke
Republic Life Insurance Company Building I
Mortimer Smith
Bookseller’s Row
Edward S. Jennison
Hale Block I
Philo Cobb
Green Tree Tavern
James Renwick
Second Presbyterian Church
Henry W. Bayliss and Coleman
Larmon Block
John H. Eaton
U.S. Governamnt and Post Office Buildings
William Bryson
Washington Street Tunnel
LaSalle Street Tunnel
Gurdon P. Randall
Haven School I
Plymouth Congregational Church
John K. Winchell
Bigelow House
Cass Chapman
Lakeside Publishing Co.
Edgar Sanders
Calvary Cemetery
M. A. Farwell
Oak Woods Cemetery
John McEwen
The Wigwam
H. Rechwoldt
Turner Hall
Augustine D. Taylor
St. Mary’s Church
Olmsted & Nicholson
W. M. Ross Building
J. D. Perkins
Galena and Chicago Union Railroad West Side Depot
- Portraits of John Mills Van Osdel and William W. Boyington by John Carbutt
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