1893 – Penn Station, Pittsburgh
Architect: D.H. Burnham & Company Pittsburgh’s central train station, built in 1893, was designed by Daniel Burnham, a Chicago architect who also designed New York’s iconic Flatiron building. The...
View Article1904 – Santa Fe Building, Chicago, Illinois
Architect: D.H. Burnham & Company Designed in the “Chicago school”, the Santa Fe Building is now the headquarters of the Chicago Architecture Foundation. In the 1980s the lightwell through the...
View Article1911 – People’s Gas Building, Chicago, Illinois
Architect: D.H. Burnham & Company The design is indicative of its time. It employs the standard three-piece skyscraper formation, plus lots of classical embellishments like ornamental lions along...
View Article1902 – Flatiron Building, New York
Architect: D.H. Burnham & Company The Flatiron Building, or Fuller Building as it was originally called, is considered to be one of the first skyscrapers ever built. The neighborhood around the...
View Article1907 – Union Station, Washington D.C.
Architect: D.H. Burnham & Company Constructed by the US Government, Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the cost of the land and terminal exceeded 18 million in 1907. AT...
View Article1909 – Ford Building, Detroit, Michigan
Architect: D.H. Burnham & Company Designed by Daniel Burnham, construction began in 1907 and completed in 1909. 23 stories in total height, with two basement floors, 21 above-ground floors, it held...
View Article1911 – Continental & Commercial National Bank Building, Chicago
Architect: D.H. Burnham & Co. Former headquarters of the Continental & Commercial National Bank. Now a hotel after an expensive conversion and restoration by Marriott.(Read more...)The post...
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