John Wellborn Root
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John Wellborn Root was an American architect who was based in Chicago with Daniel Burnham. He was one of the founders of the Chicago School style. Two of his buildings have been designated National Historic Landmarks ; others have been designated Chicago landmarks and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1958, he was posthumously awarded the AIA Gold Medal.
Reliance Building, Chicago, 1890
Grave marker of John Wellborn Root in Graceland Cemetery
Lake View Presbyterian Church, 1888
Daniel Burnham
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Daniel Hudson Burnham was an American architect and urban designer. A proponent of the Beaux-Arts movement, he may have been "the most successful power broker the American architectural profession has ever produced."
Burnham's childhood home in Henderson, New York
The Montauk Building, c.1886
Masonic Temple Building in Chicago
Court of Honor and Grand Basin — World's Columbian Exposition