John Augur Holabird
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| Born | May 4, 1886 Evanston, Illinois |
| Died | May 4, 1945 (aged 59) Chicago, Illinois |
| Burial place | Graceland Cemetery |
| Occupation | Architect |
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John Augur Holabird (1886–1945) was an American architect based in Chicago.
Biography
John Augur Holabird was born in
Washington Barracks Engineering School in 1909.[1]
By 1913, he had completed study at Paris'
Holabird & Roche in Chicago in 1883, and the younger Holabird joined the firm in 1914. Following the deaths of William Holabird and Martin Roche in the late 1920s, John Holabird and John Wellborn Root Jr., who had also joined the firm in 1914, became the named partners of Holabird & Root
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The firm became known for buildings in the
333 North Michigan Avenue, the Palmolive Building, the Chicago Daily News Building, the Chicago Board of Trade
, and the Henry Crown Field House. They also designed the North Dakota State Capitol building, among others.
The firm weathered the Great Depression and is still active. Holabird died at St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago on May 4, 1945, just as victory was declared in Europe for World War II.[3] He was buried at Graceland Cemetery. His nephew, Bill Holabird, was named a partner in the firm in 1945, and John A. Holabird Jr., became a partner in 1970.
Membership
Holabird was a member of the Chicago Planning Commission, a trustee of the
U.S. Commission of Fine Arts from 1976 to 1980.[4] The Chicago History Museum houses collections of both Holabird & Roche and Holabird & Root. In 1937, Holabird was elected into the National Academy of Design
as an Associate member and became a full Academician in 1944.
Significant buildings
- Palmolive Building, 1929
- 333 North Michigan Building, 1928
- Chicago Board of Trade Building, 1930
- Chicago Daily News Building, 1929
- Chrysler Building at the Century of Progress 1933โ34 World's Fair
- Evanston Masonic Temple, Evanston Illinois
Sources
- Bruegmann, Robert. Holabird & Roche/Holabird & Root: An Illustrated Catalog of Works, 1880โ1940. New York: Garland Publishing, 1991.
References
- ^ a b Cullum, George Washington (1920). Robinson, Wirt (ed.). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. From Its Establishment, in 1802, to 1890. Vol. VI-B: 1910โ1920. Association of Graduates, United States Military Academy. p. 1272. Retrieved August 3, 2022 – via Google Books.
- ^ "'Vertiginous Verticality'". Time. Vol. XV, no. 8. February 24, 1930. p. 56. Retrieved August 3, 2022 – via Google Books.
- ^ "John Holabird, 59, Architect, Dies on Birthday". Chicago Tribune. May 5, 1945. p. 9. Retrieved August 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Thomas E. Luebke, ed., Civic Art: A Centennial History of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 2013): Appendix B, p. 546.
External links
- Holabird & Root's current website
- Holabird & Root Encyclopedia of Chicago entry
- An Oral History by John A. Holabird, Jr. at the Wayback Machine (archived February 24, 2006)
- Holabird & Root Archive at the Chicago Historical Society at the Wayback Machine (archived December 27, 2005)
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