Charles Francis Murphy (February 9, 1890 – May 22, 1985) was an American architect based in Chicago, Illinois.[1]
Biography
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Murphy was educated at the De La Salle Institute in Chicago. His first job was as a secretary, 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 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 in 1964.
Selected buildings
- Miami Herald building (1960)
- Richard J. Daley Center (1965)
- Blue Cross-Blue Shield Building (1968)
- McCormick Place, Chicago (1970) convention center rebuilt following a fire in 1967
- O'Hare Airport’s original Terminal 1, and current Terminals 2 and 3
- J. Edgar Hoover Building
References
- ^ Heise, Kenan. "Charles F. Murphy, Chicago Architect". Chicago Tribune.
External links
- Interview at the Art Institute of Chicago
- Murphy/Jahn
- Charles F Murphy death notice
- Josephine Murphy death notice
- Jahn website
- Chicago Tribune article announcing firm name change
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