Samuel Insull
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Samuel Insull was a British American business magnate. He was an innovator and investor based in Chicago who helped create an integrated electrical infrastructure in the United States. Insull created
Insull in 1920
Samuel Insull, president of Commonwealth Edison, in 1910
Insull (front row left) at the presentation of the first Franklin Medal to Thomas Edison (front row center) in 1915
Insull on the cover of Time, November 1926
Civic Opera House (Chicago)
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The Civic Opera House, also often referred to as the Lyric Opera House, is an opera house located at 20 North Wacker Drive in Chicago. The Civic's main performance space, named for Ardis Krainik, seat
Samuel Insull
…infrastructure in the United States. Insull created holding companies that purchased utilities and railroads. Insull was responsible for the building of the Chicago Civic Opera House in 1929. Due to the Great Depression, Insull's vast Midwest holding company empire collapsed, and he was accused of profiting personally by selling…
Auditorium, named in honor of Ardis Krainik.
West façade of the Civic Opera House
Wacker Drive façade of the Civic Opera House
Sculpture by Henry Hering