Frost & Granger

Frost & Granger was an American architectural partnership from 1898 to 1910 of brothers-in-law Charles Sumner Frost (1856–1931) and Alfred Hoyt Granger (1867–1939). Frost and Granger were known for their designs of train stations and terminals, including the now-demolished Chicago and North Western Terminal, in Chicago. The firm designed several residences in Hyde Park, Illinois, and many other buildings.^[1] Several of their buildings are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Works (attribution) include:

• Chicago & North Western Station (1898), Wilmette, Illinois, demolished in the 1970s^[2]
• Chicago & North Western Station (1898), Ravenswood, Illinois^[3]
• Chicago & North Western Station (1899), Clybourn Junction, Illinois^[4]
• Chicago and North Western Railway Passenger Depot (1899), 202 Dousman Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin (Frost & Granger), NRHP-listed^[5]
• Chicago and North Western Railway station (1899), Western Avenue and Deer Path, Lake Forest, Illinois^[6]
• Chicago and North Western Railway passenger station (1899), Highland Park, Illinois^[7]
• Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company Passenger Depot (1900),^[6] 127 S. Spring Street, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin (Frost & Granger), NRHP-listed,^[5]
• Chicago and North Western Railway Passenger Depot (1901), West Main Street at Clark Avenue, Ames, Iowa^[8]
• Racine Depot (1901), 1402 Liberty Street, Racine, Wisconsin (Frost & Granger), NRHP-listed^[5]
• Rock Island Lines Passenger Station (1901), 3029 5th Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois (Frost & Granger), NRHP-listed^[5]
• Chicago and North Western Railway Passenger Depot (1901), Mount Vernon, Iowa^[9]
• Chicago and North Western Railway Passenger Depot (1901), Watertown, South Dakota^[10]
• Chicago & North Western Station (1901), Odebolt, Iowa^[11]
• Chicago and North Western Railway station (1901), Des Moines, Iowa^[12]
• Chicago and North Western Railway Station (1901), Nevada, Iowa^[13]
• LaSalle Street Station (1902), Chicago, demolished 1981
• Chicago & Eastern Illinois and Lake Erie & Western Station (1902), Hoopeston, Illinois
• Chicago and North Western Depot (1902), Oak Street NW., Sleepy Eye, Minnesota (Frost & Granger), NRHP-listed^[5]
• Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul & Pacific Station (1902), Wausau, Wisconsin
• Chicago & North Western Station (1902), 2nd Street & Nebraska Street, Sioux City, IA,^[14] demolished in 1962.
• Chicago and North Western Depot (1902), 220 Lynn St, Baraboo, Wisconsin, NRHP-listed^[15]
• West Madison Depot, Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway (1903),^[6] 640 W. Washington Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin (Frost & Granger), NRHP-listed^[5]
• Chicago and North Western office building, 226 West Jackson Boulevard at Franklin Street, Chicago (1904)^[16]
• Chicago & North Western Station (1904), Lake Bluff, Illinois^[17]
• Hilton House Hotel (1904), Beloit, Wisconsin^[18]
• Chicago and North Western Railway station at Kedzie Avenue (1904), Chicago, Illinois^[19]
• Northern Trust Company Building, 50 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, (1905)
• Chicago & North Western Station (1905), Valentine, Nebraska^[20]
• Chicago & North Western Station (1902), Zion City, Illinois^[21]
• Chicago & North Western Freight Station (1906), Omaha, Nebraska
• Chicago and North Western Depot (1906), Railroad Street, Reedsburg, Wisconsin (Frost & Granger), NRHP-listed^[5][22]
• Chicago and North Western Railway Station (1906), Lander, Wyoming^[23]
• Chicago and North Western Railway Station (1906), Ishpeming, Michigan^[24]
• Antigo Depot (1907), 522 Morse Street, Antigo, Wisconsin (Frost & Granger), NRHP-listed^[5]
• Chicago and North Western Railway station (1907), Main Street east of 1st Street, Breda, Iowa, to standard plan "Combination Depot No. 2" drawn by Frost & Granger (1899)^[6]
• Chicago & North Western Depot (1907), Norwood Park, Illinois^[25]
• Chicago and North Western Railway station (1907), Norfolk, Nebraska^[26]
• Chicago & North Western Station (1909), McHenry, Illinois^[27]
• Chicago & North Western Station (1910), Madison, Wisconsin.^[28]
• Chicago & North Western Station (1910), Harvard, Illinois^[29][30]
• Three Chicago & North Western Interlocking Towers (1910), Chicago, Illinois^[31]
• Chicago & North Western Station (1910), Evanston, Illinois^[31]
• Chicago & North Western Station (1910), Aberdeen, South Dakota^[31]
• Chicago & North Western Station (1910), Wheaton, Illinois^[32]
• Chicago and North Western Railway station (1910), Braeside, Illinois^[33]
• Chicago and North Western Terminal (1911), Chicago, demolished 1984
• Chicago and North Western Railway Powerhouse (1911), 211 North Clinton St, Chicago^[34]
• Chicago and Northwestern Depot (1914), U.S. 212, Redfield, South Dakota (Frost & Granger), NRHP-listed^[5]

Gallery

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  Chicago & North Western Depot, Green Bay, Wisconsin (1899)
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  Chicago & North Western Depot, Lake Forest, Illinois (1899)
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  Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Depot, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin (1901)
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  Chicago & North Western Depot, Racine, Wisconsin (1901)
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  Rock Island Lines Station, Rock Island, Illinois (1901)
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  Chicago & North Western Depot, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota (1902)
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  Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Depot, West Madison, Wisconsin (1903)
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  Chicago & North Western office building, Chicago, Illinois (1904)
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  Chicago & North Western Lake Bluff Depot, Chicago (1904)
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  Northern Trust Company Building, Chicago, (1905)
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  Chicago & North Western Depot, Reedsburg, Wisconsin (1906)
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  Chicago & North Western Depot, Antigo, Wisconsin (1907)
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  Chicago & North Western Norwood Park Depot, Chicago (1907)
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  Chicago & North Western Powerhouse, Chicago (1911)
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  Chicago & North Western Depot, Redfield, South Dakota (1914)

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