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John W. Moutoussamy

CTL-E-1362 · Person · 1922-1995; building 1969-1972

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Moutoussamy, the first African American partner in a large Chicago architectural firm, designed the Johnson Publishing Company Building at 820 S. Michigan (built 1969-1971, dedicated May 16, 1972) — the City of Chicago's framing of it as the first and only downtown structure built by an African American.

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Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from ECON-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-ECON-001:ECON-033; source research type(s): person.

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