Rebori, Wentworth & Dewey

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameRebori, Wentworth & Dewey
Used name•Rebori, Wentworth & Dewey
NOC United States

Biography

Rebori, Wentworth & Dewey was an architectural office situated in Chicago. Together with McCormick, they built several office buildings, hotels and sports clubs in the Chicago school style. Andrew Nicholas Rebori (1886-1966) was of Italian descent and first worked in the New York architectural office of Charles Alling Gifford when he was 15-years-old. In 1909, he moved to Chicago as a professor of architecture, and in 1922, he founded his own office together with Wentworth, Dewey and McCormick for 10 years. After dissolution, he worked in private practice.

John Wentworth (1892-1958) and Albert Bromfield Dewey Jr. (correctly Albert Bromfield Dewey II, 1892-1967) both came from distinguished families. Wentworth was a descendent of former Chicago mayor “Long John” Wentworth. He was educated at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). An avid aviator, he served in the Air Force in World War I and designed the well-known hat-in-the-ring emblem of the 94th Fighter Squadron. Wentworth married the daughter of Charles Arthur Tilt, founder and owner of the Diamond T Motor Car Company.

Albert Bromfield Dewey, Jr. was the son of a Chicago banker and real estate developer. His brother Charles S. Dewey was a congressman from Illinois 1941-1945. Educated at Yale University, Albert served in the U. S. Navy Air Force in World War I. He lived and worked in Chicago and Washington, D.C.

The Racquet Club Chicago was originally planned to be built on a property owned by Dewey in the Queen Anne style. When the possibility of an enlargement occurred, Rebori redesigned it in the style of the Doge’s Palace in Venice. The opening took place in 1924. As a social and sports club, the club still exists today and the building is listed in the National Register of the Gold Coast Historic District.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1928 Summer Olympics Art Competitions USA Rebori, Wentworth & Dewey
Architecture, Further Entries, Open (Olympic) AC