Chicago has been blessed by being able to attract many great architects born in foreign lands. I think nothing thrills our international tourees more than to point out a building designed by an architect from their home country. Can you name the architects born in these cities and a Chicago building they designed?
- Aachen, Germany 1886
- Tucuman, Argentina 1926
- Toronto, Canada 1929
- Stadtlengsfeld, Germany 1844
- Bogata, Columbia 1925
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February 2020 Trivia Answers
1. What famous architect’s son created a very popular children’s toy? John Lloyd Wright invented “Lincoln Logs.”
2. What Chicago restaurant holds liquor license No.1? The Berghoff, 1933.
3. What Civil War figure supervised the cutting of a channel to Lake Michigan through the sand bar at the mouth of the Chicago River? (This question was not counted, because the answer I had could not be verified.)
4. What U.S. president took his flight training at the old Navy Pier? The 41st president, George Herbert Walker Bush.
5. What famous artist’s grandfather played a role in very early Chicago History? James McNeil Whistler’s grandfather (not his grandmother), Captain John Whistler, who built Ft. Dearborn.
6. One year, Chicagoans were allowed to write something at the top of their tax return to receive a filing extension? What was the year and what did they write? 1992, The Great Chicago Flood and the word was “Chicago.”
And the prize winners in the drawing are: Jane Cahill and Kathy Maynard. Congratulations! Please contact Caroline for your prize.
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I thought #3 was Jefferson Davis
Jan Elson