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Hutchinson Commons

Hutchinson Commons

Dining Hall with kitchens, assembly area in Chicago, Illinois

Hutchinson Commons (also known as Hutchinson Hall) at the University of Chicago is modeled, nearly identically, on the hall of Christ Church, one of Oxford University's constituent colleges. The great room (or main dining room) measures 115 feet by 40 feet, and was for many years the principal site of convocations of the university.[2] It is located in Chicago's Hyde Park community and is currently used as a dining hall and lounge for university students and professors. The building was donated to the University by the banker, philanthropist and university trustee and treasurer Charles L. Hutchinson through a donation of $60,000 (equivalent to $2,034,667 in 2023) for the purpose.[3]

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  • The interior of Hutchinson Commons in 2014

References

  1. [1]
    "University of Chicago - Hutchinson Hall". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
  2. [2]
    Robertson, David Allen (1919). The University of Chicago – an Official Guide. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. pp. 48.
  3. [3]
    Hilliard, Celia (2010). "The Prime Mover: Charles L. Hutchinson and the Making of The Art Institute of Chicago". Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies. 31 (1). Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago: 51. ISSN 0069-3235. JSTOR i40072154.
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