Edward D. Dart,

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(May 28, 1922 – July 9, 1975), born Edouard Dupaquier Dart and known as Ned by those close to him, was a

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American

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Early life

Dart was born in

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to parents of French descent. Dart attended the

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and the

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on Virginia. After two years at the University of Virginia, he would enlist in the marines. His pilot training would begin in June 1942. Dart flew bombers in the pacific during

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. On January 19, 1946, Dart married the former Wilhelmina Plansoen, a

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alumna. After the military he enrolled at Yale. He studied under the tutelage of Richard M. Bennett at

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, whence he graduated in 1949. At Yale Dart also studied under

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, Harold Spitznagel, and Paul Schweikher, whom he later worked under in Roselle, IL from 1949 to 1950.

Career

One of Chicago's most distinguished architects, Dart was made a Fellow of the

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at age 44 and garnered 18 AIA awards. He developed his personal

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style of using natural materials, incorporating a building into its site and free- flowing spaces while at Yale.

Death and legacy

Dart died suddenly on July 9, 1975. At the time of his death, he was a resident of

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. The cause of death was an

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while completing a significant commercial development,

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. The archives of the

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, located at the

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, house a permanent collection of his works, donated in 1999 by his sister Susan.

Work

From 1965, Dart was a partner in the Chicago firm of Loebl Schlossman Bennett & Dart. Between 1949 and 1968 he designed 52 custom houses, 26 custom churches and many commercial structures. His notable buildings include: * St. Augustine's Episcopal Church,

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, 1958 * Richard E. and Charlotte Henrich House, 1964 * St. Procopius Abbey and Monastery,

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, 1967 * St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1968 *

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at Northwestern University, 1971 *

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, 1975 *

on Chicago's

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, 1975

Lost works

*John McCutcheon House,

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, built 1958, demolished 1992. *Lions Memorial Park Pool House,

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, built 1956, demolished 1980s. *Robert Hunker House,

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, built 1954, demolished 1980s. *Henry P. Dart, Jr. family residence,

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, built 1949, demolished 2005. *Erskine Wilder family residence, Barrington, Illinois, built 1959. Demolished 1992. *Emmanuel Presbyterian Church Chicago, Illinois, built 1963, demolished 2007. *Midway Studios Gallery, University of Chicago, built 1972, demolished 2009. *116 East Elm;

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, built 1953, demolished 2013.Goldsborough, B.
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'', Sep 27, 2015. *

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Company,

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built 1961, demolished 2013. *1021 Lake Cook Road, Highland Park, IL, demolished 2016. * Crown House, 350 Sunrise Circle, Glencoe, IL, built 1965, demolished 2019.

Gallery

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(left) at

in Summer File:St. Augustine's Episcopal Church.jpg,

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(mall on left, skyscraper on right), with

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in foreground,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dart, Edward D. Yale School of Architecture alumni People from Barrington Hills, Illinois Architects from New Orleans Fellows of the American Institute of Architects 1922 births 1975 deaths Architects from Illinois 20th-century American architects Modernist architects from the United States American residential architects 20th-century American Episcopalians