Biography Henry Bacon (November 28, 1866 – February 16, 1924) was an American Beaux-Arts architect who oversaw the engineering and design of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., built between 1915 and 1922, which was his final project before his 1924 death. Bacon was born in Watseka, Illinois. He studied briefly at the University of… Continue reading

Biography Charles Rollinson Lamb (1860 – February 22, 1942) was an American architect and sculptor. Born and raised in New York City, he studied under William Sartain at the Art Students’ League. He was a member of his father’s firm, the J&R Lamb Studios. He was a founding member of the National Sculpture Society. He… Continue reading

Biography Charles Bowler Atwood (1849–1895) was an architect whose designs were used throughout the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. He also designed a number of notable buildings in the city of Chicago. Atwood was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1849. He attended the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard University. Atwood trained in the office… Continue reading

Biography George Browne Post (December 15, 1837 – November 28, 1913) was an American architect trained in the Beaux-Arts tradition. Active from 1869 almost until his death, he was recognized as a master of several prominent contemporary American architectural genres, and instrumental in the birth of the skyscraper. Many of his most characteristic projects were… Continue reading

Biography John Hemenway Duncan (January 21, 1854 – October 18, 1929) was an American architect. Duncan’s reputation was established ater being selected as the architect of Grant’s Tomb, a monumental structure reminiscent of the ancient Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Another of Duncan’s most famous works is the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch in Grand Army Plaza in… Continue reading

Biography Richard Morris Hunt (October 31, 1827 – July 31, 1895) was an American architect of the nineteenth century and an eminent figure in the history of American architecture. He helped shape New York City with his designs for the 1902 entrance façade and Great Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the pedestal of… Continue reading

Biography Charles Follen McKim (August 24, 1847 – September 14, 1909) was an American architect of the late 19th century. Along with William Rutherford Mead and Stanford White, he provided the architectural expertise as a member of the partnership McKim, Mead & White. McKim was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania. His parents were James Miller… Continue reading

Biography Daniel Hudson Burnham FAIA (September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban designer. A proponent of the Beaux-Arts movement, he may have been, “the most successful power broker the American architectural profession has ever produced.” After unsuccessful attempts at entering Harvard and Yale, Burnham worked at the architectural firm… Continue reading

Biography Stanford White, (November 9, 1853 — June 25, 1906), American architect who was the most imaginative partner in the influential architectural firm McKim, Mead, and White. Stanford White was the son of the essayist, critic, and Shakespearean scholar Richard Grant White. He was carefully trained as an architect by Henry Hobson Richardson. In June… Continue reading