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Henry Ives Cobb
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Henry Ives Cobb

American architect (1859–1931)

Henry Ives Cobb (August 19, 1859 – March 27, 1931) was an architect from the United States. Based in Chicago in the last decades of the 19th century, he was known for his designs in the Richardsonian Romanesque and Victorian Gothic styles.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Henry Ives Cobb (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Aug 19, 1859, died Mar 27, 1931.1

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Career

Occupation: architect.4

Personal life

  • BornAug 19, 1859, Brookline5
  • CitizenshipUnited States6

Henry Ives Cobb's grandmother, Augusta Adams Cobb, controversially abandoned her husband, Henry Cobb, and five of her seven children in 1843, and married Brigham Young as a plural wife.

Cobb and wife Emma Martin Smith had 10 children, seven of whom survived into adulthood. The children were: architect and author Henry Ives Cobb, Jr. (1883–1974), Cleveland Cobb (1884–?), Leonore Cobb (1885–?), Candler Cobb (c. 1887–?), Elliot Cobb (1888–?), Priscilla Cobb (1890–91), Alice Cobb (1892–93), Boughton Cobb (1894–1974), Russell Cobb (1897–?), and Emerson Cobb, (1902–10).

From Wikipedia’s article on Henry Ives Cobb (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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