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Louis Henry Sullivan
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Louis Henry Sullivan
By: Hung Nguyen
Additional Information
Birth place: Boston, Massachusetts
Birth year: September 3,1856
Father: Patrick Sullivan- Irish
Mother: Andrienne List- Swiss
He grew up living up his grandmother Anna Mattherus List
Wainwright Building
- Invent the the first modern skyscraper
- His parents were immigrants
- Married Margaret Hattabough in 1899 for 17 years until they divorced in 1909
- Died in his sleep in Chicago on April 14,1924 by kidney and heart disease
- Two known title "Father of Skyscrapers and modernism"
- Laid to rest next to his parents in the Graceland Cemetery in Chicago on April 16,1924 and not so far to Ryerson and Getty tombs designed for his wife 30 years
College: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In 1874 he was off to Paris, France to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, but left one year later
High school: English School of Boston
Left college after taking it for one year, then in June 1873 to work for his first job for Frank Furness
Awards and known buildings
First National Bank
Chicago Stock Exchange
He revived AIA Gold metal in 1944 and BAC in 1970. I cannot find the others award he received.
Buildings: Chicago Auditorium (1886-1890), McVivker's Theater, 400 room hotel on Michigan and partway down and many more.
McViker's Theater
Chicago Auditorium
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church
Early Work
His architectural style was prairie.
The first person he worked for was Frank Rurness and Frank was architect Greco Gothic style and ornamentalist. The second person he worked for William Le Beron Jenny, he was also architect but he was also pioneer of metal frame construction. After that we worked for with several architects. His final person he worked for is Danker Adler, who later became his full partner on May 1,1833.
His office location was located at Chicago in the Auditorium when he made partnership with Danker Alder.