Background
William B. Mundie was born in 1863 at Hamiliton, Ontariom Canada. The grandson of an early architect in Scotland, and son of a practicing architect in Toronto, Canada.
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New York Life Insurance Co. Building
1893
Union League Building,Chicago
WILLIAM B. MUNDIE
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The youth received a public school education in his native city and was a graduate of the Hamilton Collegiate Institute.
Career
At the age of twenty- one entered the U. S. The day he arrived in Chicago (April 1, 1884), Mr. Mundie secured a position as draftsman in William Jenney's busy office, and during the seven consecutive years he remained with Major Jenney was said to have distinguished himself in draftsmanship and design, while his water color renderings gave evidence of an artistic talent. His progress in the office was rapid, being successively promoted until in 1891 he became a full partner in the firm of Jenney & Mundie. In 1905 the name was changed to Jenney, Mundie & Jensen, and he continued practice in that association until 1936, when two senior draftsmen, Bourke and Havens, were taken into the firm.
Throughout the many years of Mr. Mundie’s professional practice, he was connected with the design and execution of many structures of varied types, and the work of his firm contributed notably to the advancement of architecture. Among the outstanding examples of the partners’ executed works in Chicago should be mentioned the Association Building, 1890; New York Life Insurance Co. Building, 1893; Chicago National Bank, 1901; National Life Insurance Building, 1903; Hirsch-Wickwire Building, 1911; Kesner Building, 1912; Consumers Building, 1913; International Tailoring Building, 1916; J. L. Taylor Building, 1922; Union League Building, 1924; Pines Waterfront, 1929, and in other cities designed: First National Bank, Champaign, 1911; City National Bank, Evansville, 1914; Illinois Memorial Building at Vicksburg, Miss., 1917; First National Bank, Danville, 1922.
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In addition to his practice Mr. Mundie served as a member of the Chicago Board of Education from 1898 to 1905. He was a long-time member of the Illinois Society of Architects as well as the Chicago Chapter, A.I.A., a member and Fellow of the A. I. A., and was elected successively to offices of the First and Second Vice President of the Institute.
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