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Burnham & Root

Founded: 1873 (later D. H. Burnham & Co.)

Partners: Daniel Burnham, John Wellborn Root

Projects: 1893 World’s Fair, Rand Mcnally Building, Great Northern Hotel, Masonic Temple, Flatiron Building

Lake View Presbyterian, Chicago, Illinois (1888)

Lake View Presbyterian, Chicago (1888) by Burnham and Root © w_lemay CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

William Chick Scarritt House, Kansas City, Missouri (1888)

Scarritt House, Kansas City (1888) by Burnham and Root © Marelbu CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Rookery Building, Chicago, Illinois (1885-1888)

Rookery Building by Burnham and Root © w_lemay CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Monadnock Building, Chicago, Illinois (1891)

Monadnock Building, Chicago (1891) by Burnham & Root © David K. Staub CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Reliance Building, Chicago, Illinois (1895)

Reliance Building, Chicago (1895) by Burnham and Root © Teemu008 CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Badger House, Kenilworth, Illinois (1896)

Badger House by Burnham and Root © Teemu008 CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Flatiron Building, New York, New York (1902)

Flatiron Building, New York (1902) by Daniel Burnham © David.Clay.Photography CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Carbide and Carbon Building, Chicago, Illinois (1929)

Carbide and Carbon Building, Chicago (1929) by Burnham Brothers © w_lemay CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons