Architect William Holabird

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William Holabird

Living place: New York

Birthday: 11-9-1854

Global rank: #96405

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Who is Architect William Holabird?
Associated with the Chicago School and known for his role in the design of the first modern skyscrapers. He co-founded the company, Holabird & Roche, with fellow architect Martin Roche in 1883. Among their most famous designs were the Gage Building and the Marquette Building.
He created the "Chicago window", an architectural innovation involving seemingly all -glass building facades.

Young / Before famous

He spent part of his educational career at the United States Military Academy at West Point before resigning and moving to Chicago. He was later hired by William Le Baron Jenney's architectural firm, where he collaborated with The O. c. famous Simonds.

Family life info

He is the uncle of nurse Agnes von Kurowsky, who served as the inspiration for the character, Catherine Barkley, in Ernest Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'. He and his wife met and married in Chicago. His son. , John, inherited his father's company and partnered with John Wellborn Root, Jr., renaming it Holabird & Root.

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He and Louis Sullivan were both founding architects of the Chicago School.

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When was Architect William Holabird born?
William Holabird was born in 11-9-1854, death year is , at the age of 170.
Where is Architect William Holabird's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
William Holabird was born in New York, . Là Architect, whose Zodiac is Virgo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Tiger. William Holabird's global rank is 96405 and whose rank is 249 in list of famous Architect.
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Events in 1854 and 11-9

Birthday William Holabird (11-9) in history

  • Day 11-9 year 1789: Alexander Hamilton was appointed America's first Secretary of the Treasury. And he is also the only minister to be printed on the US 20-dollar bill.
  • Day 11-9 year 1936: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicated Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) in Nevada.
  • Day 11-9 year 1962: The Beatles recorded their first single, Love Me Do.
  • Day 11-9 year 1971: Former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev died at age 77.
  • Day 11-9 year 1997: In Scotland, voters approved the establishment of a parliament to run their domestic affairs, after 290 years of union with England.
  • Day 11-9 year 2001: Two hijacked commercial jets were crashed by terrorists into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, causing the collapse of both towers. A short while later, another plane was crashed into the Pentagon, and fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pa.
  • Day 11-9 year 2012: Armed gunmen stormed the American consulate in Benghazi and killed U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other embassy officials.
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