Background
John A. Nyden was born in 1878 in Sweden.
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Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis
Swedish-American Historical Museum, Philadelphia
JOHN A. NYDEN
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He migrated to the U. S. at the age of seventeen. His early training in architecture was acquired at the Chicago Art Institute prior to 1901.
Mr. Nyden was twenty-two when he passed the Illinois State Examination to practice architecture, and during the next three years the young man made four trips to Europe for supplementary training.
Career
In 1907 he started professional practice in Chicago, and was active during his remaining years in the execution of many commissions for public and business structures in the city. His major works were the Admiral and the Commonwealth Hotels; Melrose Apartments; Fairfax Hotel; First Baptist Church (completed before 1917), Merchants Bank Building: Bethany Swedish Methodist Church, and many apartment houses and private homes in Chicago. He also designed the Stadium at Springfield, 111., Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, Minn., and the Swedish-American Historical Museum erected in Philadelphia at the Sesqui-Centennial Exposition.
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Mr. Nyden was a member of the American Institute of Architects, Illinois Society of Architects, member and one-time vice-president of the Evanston North Shore Association of Architects In 1926 he was appointed State Architect of Illinois.
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1926
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1926 - 1932