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	John Wellborn Root - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Wellborn Root (January 10, 1850 - January 15, 1891) was a significant U.S. architect who worked out of Chicago with Daniel Burnham.
		Root was born son of Sidney Root in Lumpkin, Georgia, and raised in Atlanta.
		Root married Mary Louise Walker in 1879 but she died six weeks later.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Wellborn_Root (377 words)

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		In 1872, Root moved to Chicago and secured a job as head draftsman in the firm of Carter, Drake, and Wight where he met Daniel H. Burnham.
		John Root served on the planning commission for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.
		Root envisioned a city with many colors and shades that reflected the innovative Chicago school and expressed the vibrant architecture of the American heartland.
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	The Architecture of John Wellborn Root (Donald N. Hoffman) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is therefore a bitter irony that Root's less talented partner, Daniel Burnham, is cited in most modern encyclopedias as one of the founders of the Chicago School of Architecture, while Root---especially at the time of Hoffman's 1973 book---often is not.
		John Wellborn Root's short life was elemental in the development of the early skyscraper.
		Root was an accomplished orator and reader, and if he had not died in 1891 at age 41, he, rather than Louis Sullivan, may have become the spokesman of the Chicago style.
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	JOHN ROOT 1850-91 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Southerner John Wellborn Root came to Chicago in 1871 with a degree in civil engineering and a year's experience in a New York architectural firm.
		John Root was an important part of the Chicago School, but his role ended abruptly.
		Root had spent his career breaking away from architectural tradition, but his Graceland monument is wholly traditional.
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	Root
		Their first important downtown building was the Montauk Building, where Root used a technologically innovative grillage of iron rails that distributed the building's weight over the entire ground area.
		Root's designs often showed an honest expression of a building's structure and deemphasized exterior ornament.
		Root, who lived at 1310 North Astor Street, died of pneumonia at the age of 41.
	www.chicagotribute.org /Markers/Root.htm (145 words)

	Root, John Wellborn -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Root was born in Lumpkin, Ga. Root and Burnham's Chicago office buildings include the Montauk Building (1882), the Rookery (1884–86), and the Monadnock Building (1889–91).
		He was a pioneer with his partner, John Wellborn Root, in the development of Chicago commercial architecture, which emphasized steel frame construction; later he became identified with academic eclecticism.
		Burnham was a partner of John Wellborn Root and is known for his comprehensive scheme for Chicago.
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	John Wellborn Root Biography / Biography of John Wellborn Root Biography
		John Wellborn Root (1850-1891) lent his name and artistic genius to one of nineteenth-century America's most famed architectural firms, Burnham and Root.
		Root was born on January 10, 1850 in Lumpkin, Georgia.
		By this time the senior Root was profiting handsomely from a fleet of ships he owned that were able to evade a trade blockade of the South.
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	John Wellborn Root, Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		John Wellborn Root (1887 - 1963) was a significant U.S. architect based in Chicago.
		He was the son of architect John Wellborn Root.
		He formed the firm of Holabird & Root with John A. Holabird, son of architect William Holabird.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/J/John-Wellborn-Root,-Jr..htm (127 words)

	AllRefer.com - John Wellborn Root (Architecture, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Lumpkin, Ga. He worked in New York City with James Renwick and became a partner of D. Burnham in Chicago.
		Its partners were pioneers in the development of the steel-frame office building, and won international attention by their planning of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.
		Root developed a type of ornament, based upon Romanesque design, that was later further developed by Louis Henry Sullivan.
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	Monadnock Building/History
		The North half of the building was the last structure designed by John Wellborn Root, one of the great architects of the Chicago School.
		John Wellborn Root died of pneumonia in 1891, while the north half of the building was under construction.
		The owners commissioned Holabird and Roche to design the south half after John Root's death.
	www.monadnockbuilding.com /history.htm (241 words)

	Burnham and Root - Great Buildings Online
		John Wellborn Root was born in Lumpkin, Georgia, and raised in Atlanta.
		In 1873 the two established a partnership that successfully utilized the idealism of Root and the pragmatism of Burnham.
		During their eighteen years together, Burnham and Root designed and built private houses, office buildings, apartment buildings, railroad stations, warehouses, schools, hospitals, and churches.
	www.greatbuildings.com /architects/Burnham_and_Root.html (345 words)

	Burnham and Root (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Burnham and Root soon became one of the most famous architectural firms in the nation.
		Root died in 1891 and the firm became D.
		One of Root's last major works was the Women's Temple (1890-92) at the southwest corner of LaSalle and Monroe (demolished in 1926).
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	root john wellborn - OneLook Dictionary Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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		Root, John Wellborn : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		Root, John Wellborn : Columbia Encyclopedia, Six Edition [home, info]
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	John Wellborn Root -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		His works are among the most distinguished early attempts at a mature aesthetic expression of the height and the function of the skyscraper.
		Sent to England for safety during the American Civil War (1861–65), Root attended Oxford for a year.
		American founder and longtime editor of Poetry magazine, which, in the first decade of its existence, became the principal organ for modern poetry of the English-speaking world.
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	Find in a Library: The architecture of John Wellborn Root. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Find in a Library: The architecture of John Wellborn Root.
		Subjects: Root, John Wellborn, -- 1850-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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	Chicago Landmarks \| Holabird & Roche/Root
		In 1929, the firm was reorganized by Holabird's son, John A. Holabird (1886-1945), and John Wellborn Root, Jr.
		The renamed firm, Holabird & Root, proved to be as influential in the 1920s as its predecessor had been at the turn of the century.
		Among its famous buildings are the Chicago Board of Trade, Daily News Building, Palmolive Building, and 333 North Michigan.
	www.ci.chi.il.us /Landmarks/Architects/Holabird.html (231 words)

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		A post card in color, mailed from Kansas City in 1905 and titled "Typical Kansas City Residence," pictures the 3-story Roman brick residence of James L. Lombard, 1805 Jefferson.
		The house was considered an outstanding work of John Wellborn Root in the year 1887, according to Donald Hoffmann's 1973 publication, "The Architecture of John Wellborn Root." Root, a Chicago architect of the firm, Burnham & Root, also designed the Board of Trade Building, Midland Hotel, Y.M.C.A. building and the William Chick Scarritt residence.
		James L. Lombard, for whom the mansion pictured was built, "arrived in Kansas City in 1885 and established the Lombard Brothers Bank, which a year later became the First National Bank, of which Lombard was president for many years, including the period of the financial panic of 1893.
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	Hoffmann (1973) The architecture of John Wellborn Root
		Hoffmann (1973) The architecture of John Wellborn Root
		Architecture, Modern; 19th century; United States; Root, John Wellborn; Criticism and interpretation
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	The Architecture of John Wellborn Root Review and price
		The Architecture of John Wellborn Root Review and price
		The firm of Burnham and Root quickly rose to great acclaim designing commercial buildings such as the Grannis Block and the 10 story Montauk Block, credited as the first building ever referred to as a skyscraper.
		Hoffman explores the dynamics of Burnham and Root's successful partnership whereby Root, the designer, handled the drawing, and Burnham, the planner, laid out interior floor plans and handled the "jaw work" in talking to clients.
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