Charles Murphy (architect)

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Charles Murphy (architect)
Born	Charles F. Murphy February 9, 1890 Jersey City, NJ
Died	May 22, 1985(1985-05-22) (aged 95) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality	American
Spouse(s)	Josephine C. Murphy (b. 1901 / m. 1926 / d. Feb. 9, 1999)
Children	2 sons (Charles, Jr. and Robert)

Charles Francis Murphy (1890 – 1985) was an American architect based in Chicago, Illinois.

Biography

Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Murphy was educated at the De La Salle Institute in Chicago.

Murphy's first job was as a secretary, joining the offices of D.H. Burnham & Company in 1911, where he was steadily promoted to become personal secretary to the architect Ernest Graham. When Graham died in 1937, Murphy moved on to co-found the architectural practice Shaw, Naess & Murphy, despite that fact that he still had no formal training as an architect. The practice was later renamed C. F. Murphy Associates and then Murphy/Jahn Inc. in 1983 as 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 in 1964.

Selected buildings

Richard J. Daley Center (1965)
McCormick Place, Chicago (1970) convention centre rebuilt following a fire in 1967
O'Hare Airport
J. Edgar Hoover Building (FBI HQ)

References

Interview at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Murphy/Jahn
Charles F Murphy death notice
Josephine Murphy death notice
Jahn website
Chicago Tribune article announcing firm name change

Authority control	VIAF: 96050035

Persondata
Name	Murphy, Charles
Alternative names
Short description	American architect
Date of birth	February 9, 1890
Place of birth	Jersey City, NJ
Date of death	May 24, 1985
Place of death	Chicago,IL

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