John Wellborn Root

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American architect architect human

John Wellborn Root was a pioneering American architect of the late 19th century, best known for his influential role in developing early skyscraper design and shaping the Chicago School of architecture.

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Label	Occurrences
John Wellborn Root canonical	14
John Wellborn Root Jr.	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American architect ⓘ architect ⓘ human ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1891 ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1870 ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Commercial style ⓘ Neo-Romanesque ⓘ surface form: Romanesque Revival
birthDate	1850-01-10 ⓘ
birthPlace	Lumpkin, Georgia ⓘ surface form: Lumpkin, Georgia, United States
causeOfDeath	pneumonia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1891-01-15 ⓘ
deathPlace	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
designed	Chicago Board of Trade Building (1885) ⓘ Grannis Block ⓘ Monadnock Building ⓘ Reliance Building ⓘ The Rookery Building ⓘ surface form: Rookery Building
designedInCity	Buffalo ⓘ surface form: Buffalo, New York Chicago ⓘ surface form: Chicago, Illinois Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⓘ surface form: Kansas City, Missouri
educatedAt	New York University ⓘ
employer	Burnham and Root ⓘ
familyName	Root ⓘ
fieldOfWork	commercial architecture ⓘ skyscraper design ⓘ steel-frame construction ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
influenced	development of modern skyscrapers ⓘ
influencedBy	Henry Hobson Richardson ⓘ
knownFor	contributions to the Chicago School of architecture ⓘ innovative structural engineering solutions ⓘ pioneering early skyscraper design ⓘ
memberOf	American Institute of Architects ⓘ
movement	Chicago School architecture ⓘ surface form: Chicago School of architecture
name	John Wellborn Root self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Chicago Board of Trade Building (1885) ⓘ First National Bank Building (Chicago) ⓘ Grannis Block ⓘ Monadnock Building ⓘ Phoenix Building (Chicago) ⓘ Reliance Building ⓘ The Rookery Building ⓘ surface form: Rookery Building Tivoli Building (Chicago) ⓘ
occupation	architect ⓘ
partnerInFirmWith	Daniel Burnham ⓘ surface form: Daniel Hudson Burnham
spouse	Dora Louise Miner ⓘ Mary Louise Walker ⓘ

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Chicago School architecture → hasNotablePractitioner → John Wellborn Root ⓘ

Burnham and Root → foundedBy → John Wellborn Root ⓘ

Burnham and Root → hasPartner → John Wellborn Root ⓘ

Chicago Board of Trade Building (original) → architect → John Wellborn Root ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Wellborn Root Jr.

Reliance Building → architect → John Wellborn Root ⓘ

Burnham → founder → John Wellborn Root ⓘ

subject surface form: Burnham and Root

The Rookery Building → originalArchitect → John Wellborn Root ⓘ

World’s Columbian Exposition design team → member → John Wellborn Root ⓘ

White City → designedBy → John Wellborn Root ⓘ

subject surface form: White City (World's Columbian Exposition)

William Le Baron Jenney → influenced → John Wellborn Root ⓘ

John Wellborn Root → name → John Wellborn Root self-link ⓘ

D. H. Burnham & Company → notableArchitect → John Wellborn Root ⓘ

Masonic Temple (Chicago) → architect → John Wellborn Root ⓘ

Montauk Block → architect → John Wellborn Root ⓘ

The Rookery → architect → John Wellborn Root ⓘ