William Lebaron Jenney?

These decorative sculptures are located on the East Facade at 312 South Federal, directly behind the existing Union League Club, designed by Mundie & Jensen in 1928. If this small building at 312 is a remnant of the original Union League, the Architect would have been William LeBaron Jenney. (Louis Sullivan, Daniel Burnham, John Root, and William Holabird all worked in Jenney's office.) The building would be dated 1880. Does anyone know more?

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The Gothic Revival Style with its tracery and arches would be date appropriate to 1880. The Monadnock Building, directly to the East was constructed in 1891, and combined with the narrowness of (pre-automobile) Federal Street, makes this little corner of the City decidedly 19th Century. A perfect place for a Chicago mystery. For more detailed information about Architect/Engineer William LeBaron Jenney see http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/Architects/Jenney.html

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