William Le Baron Jenney

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American architect architect civil engineer human

William Le Baron Jenney was an American architect and engineer widely regarded as the "father of the skyscraper" for pioneering steel-frame construction in high-rise buildings.

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William Le Baron Jenney canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American architect ⓘ
architect ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived AIA Gold Medal ⓘ
surface form: AIA Gold Medal (posthumous recognition, informal)
birthDate 1832-09-25 ⓘ
birthPlace Fairhaven, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1907-06-15 ⓘ
deathPlace Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
designed Fair Store ⓘ
Home Insurance Building ⓘ
McClurg Building ⓘ
surface form: Leiter II Building

Ludington Building ⓘ
Manhattan Building ⓘ
educatedAt Lawrence Scientific School ⓘ
surface form: Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard University

École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures ⓘ
employer United States Army ⓘ
familyName Jenney ⓘ
fieldOfWork architecture ⓘ
structural engineering ⓘ
genre commercial architecture ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle father of the skyscraper ⓘ
influenced Daniel Burnham ⓘ
John Wellborn Root ⓘ
Louis Sullivan ⓘ
knownFor innovations in fireproof construction ⓘ
use of metal skeletal frame in tall buildings ⓘ
militaryRank major ⓘ
movement Chicago School architecture ⓘ
surface form: Chicago School of architecture
name William Le Baron Jenney self-link ⓘ
notableFor being regarded as the father of the skyscraper ⓘ
pioneering steel-frame construction in high-rise buildings ⓘ
notableWork Fair Store ⓘ
Home Insurance Building ⓘ
McClurg Building ⓘ
surface form: Leiter II Building

Ludington Building ⓘ
Manhattan Building ⓘ
New York Life Insurance Building (Chicago) ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
servedIn Union Army ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Cobb ⓘ
surface form: Elizabeth Hannah Cobb
workLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ

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Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United States → hasNotableBurial → William Le Baron Jenney ⓘ
subject surface form: Graceland Cemetery
Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United States → hasArchitect → William Le Baron Jenney ⓘ
subject surface form: Graceland Cemetery
Chicago School architecture → hasNotablePractitioner → William Le Baron Jenney ⓘ
Graceland Cemetery → hasLandscapeArchitect → William Le Baron Jenney ⓘ
Graceland Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → William Le Baron Jenney ⓘ
William Le Baron Jenney → name → William Le Baron Jenney self-link ⓘ
Home Insurance Building → architect → William Le Baron Jenney ⓘ
Humboldt Park (park) → designedBy → William Le Baron Jenney ⓘ