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Founded by Charles Sumner Frost and Henry Ives Cobb in 1882, in Chicago.1
Private company
Cobb and Frost
American architectural firm
Cobb and Frost was an American architectural firm. Cobb and Frost was founded in Chicago, Illinois by Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost in 1882. The firm was dissolved in 1889 when Cobb began work on designing the Newberry Library.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
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- Founded inChicago1
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Cobb and Frost was an American architectural firm. Cobb and Frost was founded in Chicago, Illinois by Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost in 1882. The firm was dissolved in 1889 when Cobb began work on designing the Newberry Library. Their most famous building was the Palmer Mansion, designed for Chicago industrialist Potter Palmer.2
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- FounderCharles Sumner Frost1
- FounderHenry Ives Cobb1
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- 1WikidataCobb and Frost on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaCobb and Frost on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsCobb and Frost photo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain