OHN C. COCHRANE

Background

Ohn Cochrane was brn in1835 at Hillsboro, New Hampshire, United States.

Career

Unsuccessful however, in finding work in that city the young man moved to Davenport, Iowa, where he is said to have designed St. Luke’s Church and other buildings.

Following the end of the Civil War Mr. Cochrane returned to Chicago and set up an office on Monroe Street, where he drew plans for a few churches and homes in Chicago. In 1867 he submitted a design in the competition for the proposed State Capitol which subsequently was awarded the first prise. According to one informed source the drawings were prepared by the twenty-five year old George C. Garnsey at that time associated in practice with Mr. Cochrane. Sometime during the six months interim between the award of the prize and the signing of the contract by Mr. Cochrane he formed a partnership with the late Alfred H. Piquenard and work on the Capitol was continued under the name of Cochrane è Piquenard until the latter's death in 1876, at which time only the foundations were laid.

During that period Mr. Cochrane carried out other commissions in Chicago, serving as architect on the Cook County Hospital; the Michael Reese Hospital; Rush Medical College; the Jefferson Park Presbyterian Church at Adams and Thorp Streets, dedicated in January, 1878, and the First Presbyterian on Lake View Avenue which replaced the Second Congregational destroyed in the fire of 1871.

Works

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• Other Work

  • Illinois State Capitol at Springfield

  • Rush Medical College

Connections

coworker:

George C. Garnsey

George C. Garnsey prepared drawings for the Illinois State Capitol (associated in practice with Mr. Cochrane)

coworker:

Alfred H. Piquenard

Ohn Cochrane formed a partnership with the late Alfred H. Piquenard and work on the Capitol was continued under the name of Cochrane and Piquenard