Daniel Hudson Burnham Jr. (1886–1961), was an architect and urban planner based in Chicago and one of the sons of the renowned architect and urban planner Daniel H. Burnham. Burnham Jr. was director of public works for the Century of Progress 1933-34 World's Fair in Chicago, the same role his father held for the

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of 1893.

Life and career

Burnham trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and worked in his father's firm, D. H. Burnham & Company, until after Burnham's death. In 1917 he and his brother, Hubert Burnham, left the successor firm of Graham, Burnham & Company to found their own firm, Burnham Brothers. The old firm, which had been the world's largest architecture firm under Daniel Burnham, was taken over by Ernest Graham and operated for approximately 90 years as

Graham, Anderson, Probst & White Graham, Anderson, Probst & White (GAP&W) was a Chicago architectural firm that was founded in 1912 as Graham, Burnham & Co. This firm was the successor to D. H. Burnham & Co. through Daniel Burnham's surviving partner, Ernest R. Graham, and Burnh ...

. In 1933 Burnham left the firm, and Hubert Burnham formed a new partnership with

C. Herrick Hammond Charles Herrick Hammond (1882–1969), commonly known as C. Herrick Hammond, was a Chicago architect. Biography Charles Herrick Hammond was born in New York City in 1882. He was one of five sons (Thomas S. Hammond, Harry S. Hammond, Robert Hammond ...

called Burnham & Hammond. For six years he was in private practice before returning to his brother with Burnham & Hammond. He practiced with the firm until his retirement in 1959.

Architectural works

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additions,

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(1917, 1922, 1924 and 1931,

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1982) * L. F. Beach Company Department Store,

(1919) * First National Bank Building,

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(1921) * Childs Building,

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(1922–23, demolished) * Morley Brothers Department Store,

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(1922, demolished 1981) * Mary Walker Hotel,

(1922) * Burnham Building,

(1924)Frank A. Randall, ''History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago'' (New York: Arno Press, 1972) * Central Life Building,

(1924, demolished) * Dunham Building,

(1925, demolished) * Joliet Chamber of Commerce Building,

(1925)David A. Belden, ''Joliet'' (Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2008) * Seneca Hotel,

(1926) * Clark Adams Building,

(1927) * Medical and Dental Arts Building,

(1927) * Engineering Building,

(1928) * Randolph-Wells Building addition,

(1928) * YMCA Building,

(1928, NRHP 2006) *

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(1929) * Loop Center Building,

(1929) * Southbridge National Bank Building,

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(1929) * Union National Bank Building,

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(1930, NRHP 1983) * United States Custom House,

(1933, NRHP 2016) *

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additions,

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(1938)''Economist'' 99, no. 4 (January 22, 1938): 54. * Berwyn Municipal Building,

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(1939, NRHP 2001)

Gallery of architectural works

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burnham, Daniel Jr. 1886 births 1961 deaths Architects from Chicago 20th-century American architects