Louis Sullivan Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-452

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Blueprints of the Louis Sullivan summer home in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, (2 sheets), 1 book owned by Sullivan, 1 letter by Sullivan, and brass protractor possibly used by Sullivan.

Dates

1904

Creator

Sullivan, Louis (Creator, Person)

Access Restrictions

Open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions

Any requests for permission to publish, quote, or reproduce materials from this collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian for Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Mississippi State University as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical Note

Louis Sullivan, American architect, was born in Boston in 1856. He began his professional career in 1872 in Philadelphia, and then in 1873 moved to Chicago. A member of the Chicago School of architects, he was a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, as well as many other midwestern architects. He is best known for his skyscrapers, banks, and ornamentation of urban structures.

Sullivan fell in love with the Mississippi Gulf Coast while on vacation in New Orleans in the late 1890s, and later built a home in Ocean Springs. The drawings in this collection, dated 1904, are of that home, which Sullivan sold in 1910 following the end of his marriage. The home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.