Henry Ives Cobb

Based in Chicago in the last decades of the 19th century, he was known for his designs in the Richardsonian Romanesque and Victorian Gothic styles.

Cobb studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for one year then transferred to Harvard University where he graduated in 1881 with an engineering degree.

After graduating, Cobb worked at the Boston architectural firm Peabody & Stearns before moving to Chicago in 1882.

Cobb moved to Washington, D.C., in 1897 to escape the Chicago grime, which damaged his cherished art collection.

[5] Cobb is responsible for The University of Chicago Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, WI, constructed from 1895 to 1897, with its Greco-Roman terra-cotta architectural detail.