Charles Francis Murphy (February 9, 1890 – May 22, 1985) was an
American architect
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based in
Chicago, Illinois
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.
Biography
Born in
, Murphy was educated at the
De La Salle Institute
De La Salle Institute is a private, Catholic, coeducational high school run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It was founded by Brother Adjutor o ...
in Chicago. His first job was as a
secretary
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, joining the offices of
D.H. Burnham & Company in 1911 and he was steadily promoted to become personal secretary to the architect
Ernest Graham.
After Graham died in 1936, Murphy moved on to co-found the architectural practice Shaw, Naess & Murphy with
Alfred P. Shaw and Sigurd E. Naess (1886 - 1970). Murphy had no formal training as an architect at the time. He was next part of Naess & Murphy. The practice was later renamed C. F. Murphy Associates and later Murphy/Jahn Inc. in 1983 when
Helmut Jahn
Helmut Jahn (January 4, 1940 – May 8, 2021) was a German-American architect, known for projects such as the Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany; the Messeturm in Frankfurt, Germany; the Thompson Center in Chicago; One Libert ...
took over as president.
Murphy was awarded an honorary degree from
St. Xavier University in 1961, and became a fellow of the
American Institute of Architects
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in 1964.
Selected buildings
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Miami Herald building (1960) ''demolished in 2014''
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Richard J. Daley Center (1965)
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Blue Cross-Blue Shield Building (1968)
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McCormick Place
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, Chicago (1970) ''convention center rebuilt following a fire in 1967''
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O'Hare Airport
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’s original Terminal 1, and current Terminals 2 and 3
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J. Edgar Hoover Building
Gallery
Miami Herald building.jpg, Miami Herald building, Miami
Daley Center Chicago.jpg, Richard J. Daley Center, Chicago
FBI Headquarters - J. Edgar Hoover Building (53840035941).jpg, J. Edgar Hoover Building, Washington, DC
55 West Wacker Drive by Matthew Bisanz.jpg, Blue Cross-Blue Shield Building, Chicago
References
External links
Interviewat the Art Institute of Chicago
Murphy/JahnCharles F Murphy death noticeJosephine Murphy death noticeJahn website''Chicago Tribune'' article announcing firm name change
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1890 births
1985 deaths
Artists from Jersey City, New Jersey
Architects from Chicago
20th-century American architects
Architects from New Jersey