Originally the Kent and the Howe, this pair of attached buildings was renamed for its most prominent decorative feature—the lion’s heads that preside over each entrance. The architects were the Chicago firm of Perry & Thomas, who were responsible for a number of apartment buildings in Shadyside and Oakland; they were especial favorites of the developer John McSorley.(1)
Footnotes
- Thanks to David Schwing for the information. In an earlier version of this article, we had mistakenly written Herman Kamin as the developer. (↩)
