Frank Lloyd Wright

F.B. Henderson Residence, Elmhurst, IL (1901) (S.057)

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THE BOOK OF CHICAGOANS
Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis
Published by A. N. Marquis & Company, October 1917

Page 318.

HENDERSON, Frank Bignell, Manager Manhattan Rubber Mfg. Co. Born in Cincinnati, February 2, 1863. Parents John J. and Sophie (Squier) Henderson. Education: grammar schools and Woodward High School, Cincinnati, University of Cincinnati. Married Nellie C. Agar, of Chicago on April 16, 1895. One daughter Ellen Agar Henderson. Worked with Adams Express Co., 1883-8; then with E. B. Presston & Co. and the Revere Rubber Co., 1888-96; with the Manhattan Rubber Mfg. Co. since 1896. Opened store for the company in Chicago, 1900, and since continued as manager. Vice President Elkhart, Indiana, Brass Mfg. Co. since 1908. Progressive Republican. Protestant. Member of the Ohio Society of Chicago. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country Club, Midiothian Country Club, Kenmore. Recreation: foreign travel, golf. Home: 5036 Woodlawn Avenue. Office: 122 South Michigan Avenue.

Credit goes to Jean A. Follett for locating this information and for the thorough research for the "National Register of Historic Places, Henderson, Frank B. Residence"

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