William Holabird (Chicago Architect)
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

William Holabird (September 11, 1854 in Amenia,
New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...
– July 19, 1923 in
Evanston, Illinois Evanston ( ) is a city, suburb of Chicago. Located in Cook County, Illinois, United States, it is situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan. Evanston is north of Downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, Wil ...
) was an American
architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
. Holabird was the son of General Samuel B. Holabird and Mary Theodosia Grant. He studied at the
United States Military Academy The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a fort, since it sits on strategic high groun ...
at West Point but resigned and moved to
Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...
, where he later got married. He worked in the architectural practice of William Le Baron Jenney next to
O. C. Simonds Ossian Cole Simonds (November 11, 1855 – November 20, 1931), often known as O. C. Simonds, was an American landscape designer. He preferred the term 'landscape gardener' to that of 'landscape architect'. A number of Simonds' works are listed o ...
. Shortly after receiving the commission to extend Graceland Cemetery, Jenney passed it on to his assistants who, in 1880, established the firm of Holabird & Simonds to carry out this job. In 1881,
Martin Roche Martin Roche (1853–1927) was an American architect. Life In partnership with William Holabird, Martin Roche designed buildings following the Chicago School and that were landmarks in the development of early sky scrapers. He worked for Will ...
, who had also worked in Jenney's office, joined them as a third partner. In 1883 the firm was renamed Holabird & Roche after Simonds left to concentrate solely on Graceland Cemetery and landscape design. Together they contributed many innovations to the architecture of the time, especially in what is now referred to as Chicago School. They designed several influential buildings, including the Marquette Building and the Gage Building. The latter included a façade designed by Louis Sullivan and was cited a Chicago architectural landmark in 1962. William Holabird died in 1923, and Martin Roche died in 1927. Holabird's son John took over the firm with John Wellborn Root, Jr., and it was renamed
Holabird & Root The architectural firm now known as Holabird & Root was founded in Chicago in 1880. Over the years, the firm has changed its name several times and adapted to the architectural style then current — from Chicago School to Art Deco to Modern ...
. William's sister, Agnes Holabird Von Kurowsky, was the mother of Agnes von Kurowsky. His daughter Mary was the wife of General
William Mackey Cruikshank William Mackey Cruikshank (7 November 1870 – 23 February 1943) was a United States army officer. He mainly served with the United States artillery and participated in military conflicts during the Spanish–American War and World War I. Early ...
.


References


Further reading

* Robert Bruegmann, ''Holabird & Roche, Holabird & Root. An illustrated catalog of works,'' Garland (New York) in cooperation with the Chicago Historical Society 1991.


External links


Holabird & Root's current website




{{DEFAULTSORT:Holabird, William 19th-century American people 19th-century American architects 20th-century American architects Architects from Illinois Chicago school architects Amenia, New York People from Amenia, New York Burials at Graceland Cemetery (Chicago) 1854 births 1923 deaths United States Military Academy alumni