Charles Francis Murphy (February 9, 1890 – May 22, 1985) was an
American
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architect
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based in
Chicago, Illinois
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Biography
Born in
Jersey City, New Jersey
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in Chicago. His first job was as a
secretary
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, joining the offices of
D.H. Burnham & Company in 1911 and he was steadily promoted to become personal secretary to the architect
Ernest Graham.
After Graham died in 1936, Murphy moved on to co-found the architectural practice Shaw, Naess & Murphy with
Alfred P. Shaw
Alfred P. Shaw (May 13, 1895 – December 1, 1970) was an American architect based in Chicago, Illinois. He worked at Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, then in various partnerships, and headed his Alfred Shaw and Associates firm. He was a director ...
and Sigurd E. Naess (1886 - 1970). Murphy had no formal training as an architect at the time. He was next part of Naess & Murphy. The practice was later renamed C. F. Murphy Associates and later Murphy/Jahn Inc. in 1983 when
Helmut Jahn took over as president.
Murphy was awarded an honorary degree from
St. Xavier University in 1961, and became a fellow of the
American Institute of Architects
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in 1964.
Selected buildings
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Miami Herald building
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(1960)
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Richard J. Daley Center
The Richard J. Daley Center, also known by its open courtyard Daley Plaza and named after longtime mayor Richard J. Daley, is the premier civic center of the City of Chicago in Illinois. The Center's modernist skyscraper primarily houses of ...
(1965)
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Blue Cross-Blue Shield Building
The Blue Cross-Blue Shield Building is an office building in Chicago, Illinois. The building is located at 55 W Wacker Drive in the Loop in Downtown Chicago. It was designed in a Brutalist style by C.F. Murphy Associates. The building opened in ...
(1968)
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McCormick Place, Chicago (1970) convention center rebuilt following a fire in 1967
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O'Hare Airport’s original Terminal 1, and current Terminals 2 and 3
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J. Edgar Hoover Building
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References
External links
Interviewat the Art Institute of Chicago
Murphy/JahnCharles F Murphy death noticeJosephine Murphy death noticeJahn website''Chicago Tribune'' article announcing firm name change
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1890 births
1985 deaths
Artists from Jersey City, New Jersey
Artists from Chicago
20th-century American architects
Architects from New Jersey