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Daniel Burnham Jr.
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<h2 id="life-and-career">Life and career</h2> <p>Burnham trained at the <a href="/facts/Ecole_des_Beaux-Arts/copYngLD">Ecole des Beaux-Arts</a> in Paris and worked in his father's firm, <a href="/facts/D._H._Burnham_%2526_Company/Wc3TwgaG">D. H. Burnham & Company</a>, until after Burnham's death. In 1917 he and his brother, Hubert Burnham, left the successor firm of <a href="/facts/Graham%2c_Burnham_%2526_Company/wGX0Dy90">Graham, Burnham & Company</a> to found their own firm, <a href="/facts/Burnham_Brothers/JSltEWET">Burnham Brothers</a>. 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 <a href="/facts/Graham%2c_Anderson%2c_Probst_%2526_White/wGX0Dy90">Graham, Anderson, Probst & White</a>. </p><p>In 1933 Burnham left the firm, and Hubert Burnham formed a new partnership with <a href="/facts/C._Herrick_Hammond/TaMp6D8z">C. Herrick Hammond</a> 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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="architectural-works">Architectural works</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Joliet_Central_High_School/4jG9zEc3">Joliet Central High School</a> additions, <a href="/facts/Joliet%2c_Illinois/k6lBlBd0">Joliet, Illinois</a> (1917, 1922, 1924 and 1931, <a href="/facts/National_Register_of_Historic_Places/leUNvfW6">NRHP</a> 1982)</li> <li>L. F. Beach Company Department Store, <a href="/facts/Joliet%2c_Illinois/k6lBlBd0">Joliet, Illinois</a> (1919)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li>First National Bank Building, <a href="/facts/Amboy%2c_Illinois/mw4gjtoK">Amboy, Illinois</a> (1921)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Childs_Restaurants/YERmVvWf">Childs</a> Building, <a href="/facts/Chicago%2c_Illinois/yPMokrXH">Chicago, Illinois</a> (1922–23, demolished)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Morley_Companies/GfkFw0Q7">Morley Brothers</a> Department Store, <a href="/facts/Saginaw%2c_Michigan/sjCcgj9n">Saginaw, Michigan</a> (1922, demolished 1981)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li>Mary Walker Hotel, <a href="/facts/Joliet%2c_Illinois/k6lBlBd0">Joliet, Illinois</a> (1922)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bilandic_Building/I0DvluXj">Burnham Building</a>, <a href="/facts/Chicago%2c_Illinois/yPMokrXH">Chicago, Illinois</a> (1924)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li>Central Life Building, <a href="/facts/Chicago%2c_Illinois/yPMokrXH">Chicago, Illinois</a> (1924, demolished)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li>Dunham Building, <a href="/facts/Chicago%2c_Illinois/yPMokrXH">Chicago, Illinois</a> (1925, demolished)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li>Joliet Chamber of Commerce Building, <a href="/facts/Joliet%2c_Illinois/k6lBlBd0">Joliet, Illinois</a> (1925)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li>Seneca Hotel, <a href="/facts/Chicago%2c_Illinois/yPMokrXH">Chicago, Illinois</a> (1926)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Clark_Adams_Building/REsY9ypj">Clark Adams Building</a>, <a href="/facts/Chicago%2c_Illinois/yPMokrXH">Chicago, Illinois</a> (1927)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li>Medical and Dental Arts Building, <a href="/facts/Chicago%2c_Illinois/yPMokrXH">Chicago, Illinois</a> (1927)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li>Engineering Building, <a href="/facts/Chicago%2c_Illinois/yPMokrXH">Chicago, Illinois</a> (1928)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li>Randolph-Wells Building addition, <a href="/facts/Chicago%2c_Illinois/yPMokrXH">Chicago, Illinois</a> (1928)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Joliet_YMCA/8MpH9nsn">YMCA Building</a>, <a href="/facts/Joliet%2c_Illinois/k6lBlBd0">Joliet, Illinois</a> (1928, NRHP 2006)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Carbide_%2526_Carbon_Building/58jpdNxS">Carbide & Carbon Building</a>, <a href="/facts/Chicago%2c_Illinois/yPMokrXH">Chicago, Illinois</a> (1929)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></li> <li>Loop Center Building, <a href="/facts/Chicago%2c_Illinois/yPMokrXH">Chicago, Illinois</a> (1929)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></li> <li>Southbridge National Bank Building, <a href="/facts/Southbridge%2c_Massachusetts/rt9Maout">Southbridge, Massachusetts</a> (1929)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></li> <li>Union National Bank Building, <a href="/facts/Eau_Claire%2c_Wisconsin/m12ST7Je">Eau Claire, Wisconsin</a> (1930, NRHP 1983)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/United_States_Customs_House_(Chicago)/rJSeR8mF">United States Custom House</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Chicago%2c_Illinois/yPMokrXH">Chicago, Illinois</a> (1933, NRHP 2016)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Thornton_Township_High_School/3bcU970h">Thornton Township High School</a> additions,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Harvey%2c_Illinois/HFSo8WV4">Harvey, Illinois</a> (1938)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Berwyn_Municipal_Building/VshM9qcq">Berwyn Municipal Building</a>, <a href="/facts/Berwyn%2c_Illinois/aQCaTV8r">Berwyn, Illinois</a> (1939, NRHP 2001)</li></ul> <h2 id="gallery-of-architectural-works">Gallery of architectural works</h2> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Diaries of Daniel H. Burnham Jr., viewable online in the Burnham, Daniel H., Jr. and Hubert Burnham Papers, 1890-1978 (bulk 1920-1950), Ryerson and Burnham Architecture and Art Archive. <a href="https://artic.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/findingaids/id/25029/rec/1" target="_blank">https://artic.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/findingaids/id/25029/rec/1</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Building in Joliet" in Economist 62, no. 8 (August 23, 1919): 390. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=lFFOAAAAYAAJ" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=lFFOAAAAYAAJ</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Illinois" in American Contractor 42, no. 6 (February 5, 1921): 67. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=OjVYAAAAYAAJ" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=OjVYAAAAYAAJ</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Childs Building Going Ahead" in Economist 68, no. 7 (August 12, 1922): 373. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=2Y4_AQAAMAAJ" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=2Y4_AQAAMAAJ</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Michigan" in American Contractor 43, no. 34 (September 9, 1922): 46. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=KPxYAAAAYAAJ" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=KPxYAAAAYAAJ</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Women in Hotel Work" in Hotel World 94, no. 19 (May 13, 1922): 24. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IcpLAQAAMAAJ" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=IcpLAQAAMAAJ</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Frank A. Randall, History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago (New York: Arno Press, 1972) <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Frank A. Randall, History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago (New York: Arno Press, 1972) <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Frank A. Randall, History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago (New York: Arno Press, 1972) <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>David A. Belden, Joliet (Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2008) <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Frank A. Randall, History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago (New York: Arno Press, 1972) <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Frank A. Randall, History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago (New York: Arno Press, 1972) <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Frank A. Randall, History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago (New York: Arno Press, 1972) <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Frank A. Randall, History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago (New York: Arno Press, 1972) <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Frank A. Randall, History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago (New York: Arno Press, 1972) <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>David A. Belden, Joliet (Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2008) <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>Frank A. Randall, History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago (New York: Arno Press, 1972) <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>Frank A. Randall, History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago (New York: Arno Press, 1972) <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>Historic Building Detail: SBD.37 <a href="https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=SBD.37" target="_blank">https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=SBD.37</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>Property Record: 131 S BARSTOW ST <a href="https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Property/HI291" target="_blank">https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Property/HI291</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>Designed with associate architects Nimmons, Carr & Wright. <a href="/wiki/George_C._Nimmons" target="_blank">/wiki/George_C._Nimmons</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>Designed with associate architect H. Frederick Beck. <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>Economist 99, no. 4 (January 22, 1938): 54. <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>