Armour Misson

Burnham and Root
1886 (remodeled 1938, demolished 1962)
47 West 33rd Street

Formerly/Also Known As: Student Union Building (1938-1962), North Union (ca. 1948-ca. 1950), Mission Building, Plymouth Mission

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Names:
Student Union: Illinois Institute of Technology, Your Guide to Technology Center (Chicago: Illinois Institute of Technology, 1957).
North Union: Illinois Institute of Technology, Technology Center Today and Tomorrow (Chicago: Illinois Institute of Technology, 1948).
Armour Mission: Franz Schulze, Illinois Institute of Technology: Campus Guide (New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2005), 28.
Plymouth Mission: Schulze, Illinois Institute of Technology:Campus Guide, 28.
Mission Building: Illinois Institute of Technology, Bulletin of IIT 1, no. 2 (1941), 112.
 
Architects:
Schulze, Illinois Institute of Technology:Campus Guide, 28.

Dates:
"New Student Union To Fill Long Felt Need For Armour Men," Armour Tech News, September 19, 1938, 1.
Schulze, Illinois Institute of Technology:Campus Guide, 28.
"Tech Changes Over the Summer; Armour Mission Demolished, Lots Paved," Technology News, September 14, 1962, 4.

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