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 • Fred Barnheisel Building - Wabash Avenue, 1903
• University Hospital, 1907
• Taft Campaign, 1909
• Western Electric, 1908
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Bulley and Andrews Through The Years:
1900-1909
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Fred Barnheisel Building - Wabash Avenue, 1903
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Bulley & Andrews performed reconstruction work to the front of the Fred Barnheisel Building on Wabash Avenue, Chicago in 1903. City of Chicago permit No. 5433 indicates a fire as the cause for the $37,000 of construction work. All building materials were brought to the site in horse drawn wagons.
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University Hospital, 1907
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Bulley & Andrews constructed University Hospital at what is now 1900 Congress. This four-story hospital and boiler house was estimated at $80,000. The building permit was recorded as $3,500 All carpentry work was completed using hand tools including wood scrub planes, smooth planes, drills, etc.
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Taft Campaign, 1909
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This unidentified construction project was in process when William Howard Taft toured Chicago during the 1909 presidential campaign. Thomas Sleeman, the first of four generations of family to be employed at Bulley & Andrews, is seen standing nearest the ladder. Patriotic bunting, an enlarged photo of Taft, as well as a sign from his alma mater, Yale University, welcomed the new President.
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Western Electric, 1908
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Among the many projects Bulley & Andrews completed for Western Electric, the Foundry Building and Armoring Plant were possibly the largest. The location was noted as the Hawthorn plant, originally in Chicago, but which now falls within Cicero’s borders. Concrete was hand mixed at the jobsite. Teams of horses were used to pull wagons full of concrete up ramps, which were built on site. The concrete was then poured into place from the tops of those ramps.
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