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Burnham and Root

American, 1873–1892

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Artworks (12)

Women's Temple Building, Chicago, Illinois, Ninth Floor Plan

1891 · Purple and red hectograph ink on linen

58.2 × 77 cm (22 7/8 × 30 5/16 in.)

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Women's Temple Building, Chicago, Illinois, Working Drawings

1890 · Various

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Rookery Building, Chicago, Illinois, Details

1887 · Multicolored hectograph prints on heavy paper

76.5 × 101 cm (30 1/8 × 39 3/4 in.)

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Rookery Building, Chicago, Illinois, LaSalle Street Elevation

1886 · Multicolored hectograph print on heavy paper

62.9 × 73 cm (24 3/4 × 28 3/4 in.)

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Rookery Building, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation and Section

1886 · Multicolored hectograph prints on heavy paper or black and colored inks and wash on heavy paper

102 × 71 cm (40 3/16 × 27 15/16 in.)

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Mills Building, San Francisco, California, Design Sketch

1885 · Pencil on manila drawing paper

48.3 × 37.5 cm (19 × 14 3/4 in.)

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Lunette from the Commerce Building, Chicago, Illinois

1885 · Wrought iron

210.9 × 335.3 cm (83 × 132 in.)

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William J. Goudy House, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective

1884 · Graphite and wash on manila paper

53 × 45.6 cm (20 7/8 × 17 15/16 in.)

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Saint Gabriel's Church, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective Sketches

1884 · Graphite and watercolor on paper

42.6 × 100.5 cm (16 3/4 × 39 9/16 in.)

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Board of Trade Building, Kansas City, Missouri, Front Elevation Study

1882 · Graphite on tan drawing paper

34.3 × 48.3 cm (13 1/2 × 19 in.)

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Saint Gabriel's Church, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation and Section

1881 · Graphite on drawing paper

51 × 91 cm (20 1/16 × 35 13/16 in.)

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Rookery Building, 209 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois: Grille from Interior Central Court

1880 · Wrought iron, bolted to wall-mounted frame

158.6 × 65.7 × 0.7 cm (62 1/2 × 25 7/8 × 5/16 in.)

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