Peter J. Weber Papers

Photographs, correspondence, and printed matter documenting a selection of German-American architect Peter J. Weber’s (1863–1923) built and unbuilt projects in the United States and abroad, though predominantly in the Chicago area. Projects represented in this collection span from his early years as a student at Berlin’s Charlottenburg Institute in the late 1880s, through his appointment as the assistant to Charles B. Atwood, the designer-in-chief of Chicago’s 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, to his tenure with Chicago’s D.H. Burnham and Company in the 1890s and then to the establishment of his own firm in 1900, which he maintained until his death in 1923. Examples of Weber’s work include the Silversmith Building, Chicago, IL; the Fisher Building Annex, Chicago, IL; the Seattle Public Library, Seattle, WA; and Ravinia Park, Highland Park, IL. View finding aid.View selected images from this collection.Find all Peter J. Weber digital images. Collection access:Collections may be accessed in the Franke Reading Room of the Research Center at The Art Institute of Chicago, by appointment only. For further information, consult the FAQ. Finding aids by subjectBrowse all finding aidsBrowse images and mediaOral histories Contact the Ryerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives:archives@artic.edu