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Monadnock Block
Address: 53 W. Jackson Blvd.
Year Built: North half 1889-91; south half 1891-93
Architect: Burnham & Root; Holabird & Roche
Date Designated a Chicago Landmark:
November 14, 1973
The two halves of this building provide a unique perspective for examining the history and development of modern architecture. The north part--famed for its lack of traditional ornamentation--is a masonry, wall-bearing structure, the last skyscraper to employ this method of construction, with six-foot thick walls at the base. The south addition, on the other hand, is an early example of steel-frame construction, its underlying structure revealed through narrow piers and wide windows. Together, they mark the end of one building tradition and the beginning of another.
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JOHN WELLBORNE ROOT OF BARNUM AND ROOT ARCHITECTS, CHICAGO, AND HIS SON, JR. OF HOLLABARD AND ROOT, CHICAGO MAY BE RELATED TO US.
MARY KILBOURNE IS THE 6 X GREAT GRAND AUNT OF JOHN WELLBORNE ROOTE, DUE TO HER MARRIAGE TO JOHN ROOT, SR.
MARY KILBOURNE IS 8 X GREAT GRAND AUNT OF HOWARD RAY LAWRENCE.
WE ARE NOT RELATED TO JOHN ROOT, SR.
SO, WE APPEAR TO BE very distantly RELATED TO THE FAMOUS CHICAGO ARCHITECTS.
.H.
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John Wellborn Root (1850-1891)
John Wellborn Root
The architect John Wellborn Root, a Georgia native, became one of the key figures in the nationally significant Chicago School of skyscraper design. He designed one of the most significant buildings in Atlanta, the Equitable Building.
Root was born in Lumpkin, Georgia, in 1850 and grew up in Atlanta. During the Civil War his father, Sidney Root, a prominent Atlanta merchant, sent his young son out of the city on one of his blockade-runners to attend school in England. Later, after finishing school in New York City, Root went to Chicago to join Daniel Hudson Burnham in one of the pioneering architectural firms there. This firm made both structural and design contributions to the late-nineteenth-century evolution of the skyscraper form. Root, in particular, developed ideas about the design and philosophy of commercial architecture and communicated those ideas in the architectural journals of the period. Among the firm's most notable buildings in Chicago were the Monadnock and Rookery Buildings, both of which are still standing.
In Atlanta the firm designed the Equitable Building (later the Trust Company of Georgia Building) in 1890 for the Atlanta developer Joel Hurt.
Equitable Building
Although the eight-story building would today not be considered tall, its steel-frame construction and monumental presence made it the city's pioneer skyscraper. Like the Rookery, the building had a heavy ornamented exterior and an interior light court with a large window area. The clarity of its design stood in sharp contrast to its surroundings. Unfortunately this building, which a Georgia Tech professor once said was the only structure an architect would stop off in Atlanta to see, was demolished in 1971, just as Georgia's historic preservation movement was getting under way. Its massive columns and name panel now adorn the SunTrust Bank Building (built as Trust Company of Georgia) across from Woodruff Park. The Equitable Building was the only structure Root is known to have designed in Georgia, although there are undocumented reports of others.
Upon returning to Chicago after delivering the Equitable plans in Atlanta, Root contracted pneumonia. He died on January 15, 1891. Only a few months later, on June 26, 1891, Atlantans praised his building with elaborate cornerstone ceremonies.
Suggested Reading
Donald Hoffman, The Architecture of John Wellborn Root (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973).
Elizabeth A. Lyon, "Atlanta's Pioneer Skyscraper," Georgia Review 19 (summer 1965): 204-10.
Harriet Monroe, John Wellborn Root: A Study of His Life and Work (1896; reprint, Park Forest, Ill.: Prairie School Press, 1966).
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Holabird & Roche/Root
This longstanding firm was founded in 1881 by William Holabird (1854-1923) and Martin Roche (1855-1927), who met while working in the architectural office of William Le Baron Jenney, the so-called "father of the skyscraper." A native of New York, Holabird had come to Chicago in 1875. Roche was raised in Chicago and was educated at the Armour Institute of Technology (now IIT).
The firm was influential in the development of early skyscrapers, especially the architectural movement known as the "Chicago School." Among its early designs were the Tacoma Building (1889; demolished), Chicago, Marquette, Old Colony, Pontiac (in the Printing House Row District), and the Republic (1904; demolished) buildings. Many of its early buildings feature the distinctive "Chicago window," a large pane of glass flanked by narrow, moveable sash windows. Later works include the Brooks and Champlain buildings, City Hall-County Building, Hilton Hotel, Soldier Field, and the Three Arts Club.
In 1929, the firm was reorganized by Holabird's son, John A. Holabird (1886-1945), and John Wellborn Root, Jr. (1887-1963), also the son of a famous architect. The renamed firm, Holabird & Root, proved to be as influential in the 1920s as its predecessor had been at the turn of the century. Among its famous buildings are the Chicago Board of Trade, Daily News Building, Palmolive Building, and 333 North Michigan.
1.. Monadnock Building
2.. Old Colony Building
3.. Marquette Building
4.. Gage Group
5.. Chicago Building
6.. City Hall
7.. Oliver Building
8.. Brooks Building
9.. Three Arts Club
10.. 333 N. Michigan
11.. Chicago Board of Trade Building
12.. Palmolive Building
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http://198.66.36.67/tour/michigan/palmolive.html
John Augur Holabird (1886-1945) and John Wellborn Root, Jr.
(1887-1963) were sons of prominent Chicago architects John Holabird
(1854-1923) and John Wellborn Root (1850-1891). They joined the
firm Holabird and Roche in 1919, renaming it Holabird and Root upon
the death of the senior partners.
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Monadnock Block
Address: 53 W. Jackson Blvd.
Year Built: North half 1889-91; south half 1891-93
Architect: Burnham & Root; Holabird & Roche
Date Designated a Chicago Landmark:
November 14, 1973
The two halves of this building provide a unique perspective for examining the history and development of modern architecture. The north part--famed for its lack of traditional ornamentation--is a masonry, wall-bearing structure, the last skyscraper to employ this method of construction, with six-foot thick walls at the base. The south addition, on the other hand, is an early example of steel-frame construction, its underlying structure revealed through narrow piers and wide windows. Together, they mark the end of one building tradition and the beginning of another.
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JOHN WELLBORNE ROOT OF BARNUM AND ROOT ARCHITECTS, CHICAGO, AND HIS SON, JR. OF HOLLABARD AND ROOT, CHICAGO MAY BE RELATED TO US.
MARY KILBOURNE IS THE 6 X GREAT GRAND AUNT OF JOHN WELLBORNE ROOTE, DUE TO HER MARRIAGE TO JOHN ROOT, SR.
MARY KILBOURNE IS 8 X GREAT GRAND AUNT OF HOWARD RAY LAWRENCE.
WE ARE NOT RELATED TO JOHN ROOT, SR.
SO, WE APPEAR TO BE very distantly RELATED TO THE FAMOUS CHICAGO ARCHITECTS.
.H.
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http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-558
John Wellborn Root (1850-1891)
John Wellborn Root
The architect John Wellborn Root, a Georgia native, became one of the key figures in the nationally significant Chicago School of skyscraper design. He designed one of the most significant buildings in Atlanta, the Equitable Building.
Root was born in Lumpkin, Georgia, in 1850 and grew up in Atlanta. During the Civil War his father, Sidney Root, a prominent Atlanta merchant, sent his young son out of the city on one of his blockade-runners to attend school in England. Later, after finishing school in New York City, Root went to Chicago to join Daniel Hudson Burnham in one of the pioneering architectural firms there. This firm made both structural and design contributions to the late-nineteenth-century evolution of the skyscraper form. Root, in particular, developed ideas about the design and philosophy of commercial architecture and communicated those ideas in the architectural journals of the period. Among the firm's most notable buildings in Chicago were the Monadnock and Rookery Buildings, both of which are still standing.
In Atlanta the firm designed the Equitable Building (later the Trust Company of Georgia Building) in 1890 for the Atlanta developer Joel Hurt.
Equitable Building
Although the eight-story building would today not be considered tall, its steel-frame construction and monumental presence made it the city's pioneer skyscraper. Like the Rookery, the building had a heavy ornamented exterior and an interior light court with a large window area. The clarity of its design stood in sharp contrast to its surroundings. Unfortunately this building, which a Georgia Tech professor once said was the only structure an architect would stop off in Atlanta to see, was demolished in 1971, just as Georgia's historic preservation movement was getting under way. Its massive columns and name panel now adorn the SunTrust Bank Building (built as Trust Company of Georgia) across from Woodruff Park. The Equitable Building was the only structure Root is known to have designed in Georgia, although there are undocumented reports of others.
Upon returning to Chicago after delivering the Equitable plans in Atlanta, Root contracted pneumonia. He died on January 15, 1891. Only a few months later, on June 26, 1891, Atlantans praised his building with elaborate cornerstone ceremonies.
Suggested Reading
Donald Hoffman, The Architecture of John Wellborn Root (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973).
Elizabeth A. Lyon, "Atlanta's Pioneer Skyscraper," Georgia Review 19 (summer 1965): 204-10.
Harriet Monroe, John Wellborn Root: A Study of His Life and Work (1896; reprint, Park Forest, Ill.: Prairie School Press, 1966).
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http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/Architects/Holabird.html
Holabird & Roche/Root
This longstanding firm was founded in 1881 by William Holabird (1854-1923) and Martin Roche (1855-1927), who met while working in the architectural office of William Le Baron Jenney, the so-called "father of the skyscraper." A native of New York, Holabird had come to Chicago in 1875. Roche was raised in Chicago and was educated at the Armour Institute of Technology (now IIT).
The firm was influential in the development of early skyscrapers, especially the architectural movement known as the "Chicago School." Among its early designs were the Tacoma Building (1889; demolished), Chicago, Marquette, Old Colony, Pontiac (in the Printing House Row District), and the Republic (1904; demolished) buildings. Many of its early buildings feature the distinctive "Chicago window," a large pane of glass flanked by narrow, moveable sash windows. Later works include the Brooks and Champlain buildings, City Hall-County Building, Hilton Hotel, Soldier Field, and the Three Arts Club.
In 1929, the firm was reorganized by Holabird's son, John A. Holabird (1886-1945), and John Wellborn Root, Jr. (1887-1963), also the son of a famous architect. The renamed firm, Holabird & Root, proved to be as influential in the 1920s as its predecessor had been at the turn of the century. Among its famous buildings are the Chicago Board of Trade, Daily News Building, Palmolive Building, and 333 North Michigan.
1.. Monadnock Building
2.. Old Colony Building
3.. Marquette Building
4.. Gage Group
5.. Chicago Building
6.. City Hall
7.. Oliver Building
8.. Brooks Building
9.. Three Arts Club
10.. 333 N. Michigan
11.. Chicago Board of Trade Building
12.. Palmolive Building
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http://198.66.36.67/tour/michigan/palmolive.html
John Augur Holabird (1886-1945) and John Wellborn Root, Jr.
(1887-1963) were sons of prominent Chicago architects John Holabird
(1854-1923) and John Wellborn Root (1850-1891). They joined the
firm Holabird and Roche in 1919, renaming it Holabird and Root upon
the death of the senior partners.
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