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| John Hopper Coxhead | Life Events | Born May 10 | Grammar School | High School | Cooper Union | Columbia | E. Dew-son | Van Brunt | Dow | Thom&Wilson | Buck/McCafferty | A.H.Andrews | Alfred E. Smith | F. S. Allen | Sturm/Spiegel Furn. | A.F. Gauger | Opened Firm | Married Carrie Hope | John W. Born | Harry Born | Carolyn Born | Charles Born | Hope Born | Carrie Dies | Died May 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lived | Fort Lee, NJ | Englewood, NJ | New York City | Boston | Yankton | NYC | Chicago | Streator | Chicago | St. Paul, MN | Buffalo, NY | Dayton, OH | Washington, DC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Major Buildings | Deaf/Mute Asylum Yankton | M.E. Church Peoria, IL | CL Carmen House St.Paul | Tandy Row St. Paul | German American College S.St Paul | First German Baptist St. Paul | Old Main Wahpeton, ND | First Presbytarian Eau Claire, WI | Funk House Staten Island | Delaware Ave Baptist Buffalo | Polish Catholic Church Buffalo | Phoenix Club Buffalo | St. Bridget's School Buffalo | VA Union University Richmond, VA | German Baptist Church Buffalo | Brantford Place Houses Buffalo | Shepard & Co Factory Buffalo | Rev. Gleason House, Buffalo | Baptist Church, Williamsville NY | M.E. Church Cynthiana, KY | Knox Stables E. Aurora, NY | St. Mary's Church Batavia, NY | McKinney Stables Cuba, NY | Wilcox Hospital Buffalo, NY | City&Contag Hospitals, Jamestown, NY | Hotel, East Jamestown NY | J. N. Adam Hospital Perrysb.,NY | Riverside ME Church Buffalo, NY | First Baptist Church Plymouth, MA | First M.E. Church Albion, NY | Delevan Ave. Baptist Buffalo, NY | St. Peter's (complete remodel) Leroy, NY | First Baptist Church Nunda, NY | Armour & Co.Factory Westfield, NY | Hangers, Barracks, etc. Bolling Field, Curtiss-Elmwood Air Reserve Depot | Hangers, Barracks, etc. McCook Field, Kelly Field, Brroks Field, Chanute Field | Hospital Buildings at Bedford MA, Asheville, NC, Northport, NY, Albuquerque, NM | Models on Display at Century of Progress | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Major Architects/Firms | Frank Lloyd Wright | Born June 8, 1867 | Wright House Chicago, IL | Opens Firm | Darwin Martin House Buffalo, NY | Larkin Building Buffalo, NY (also 1903) | Unity Temple Oak Park, IL | Como Orchards Colony Darby, MT | Tragic Taliesin Fire | Imperial Hotel Tokoyo, Japan | Fallingwater Bear Run, PA | Johnson Wax Building Racine, WI | Died April 9, 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| H.H. Richardson | Born 1838 | Left for Ecole des Beaux Arts | Returned to NYC | NY State Capital Albany, NY | William Dorsheimer House Buffalo, NY | Church of the Unity Springfield MA | State Pysch. Center Buffalo, NY | Brattle Square Church Boston, MA | Trinity Church Boston, MA | W. Watts Sherman House Newport, RI | Cheney Block Hartford CT | Sever Hall Harvard Cambridge MA | City Hall Albany, NY | Austin Hall Harvard Cambridge MA | Allegheny County Court/Jail Pitts. PA | Marshall Field Building Chicago, IL | Died | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Van Brunt, Ware and Howe | Van Brunt Born September 5, 1832 | Ware Born May 27, 1832 | Howe Born July 20, 1849 | Opened Ware & Van Brunt | Ware FAIA Van Brunt FAIA | Ware starts 1st Amer. Arch. School MIT | Frank Howe joins firm | Memorial Hall Harvard Cambridge MA | Ware starts Columbia Arch. | Kansas City Office opens | Moved to Kansas City VanBrunt & Howe | Electricity Building Columbian Expo Chicago | Van Brunt President AIA | Ware Pan Am buildings Howe FAIA | Van Brunt died April 8, 1903 | Howe died January 4, 1909 | Ware died June 9, 1915 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Burnham | Born September 4, 1846 | Moved to Chicago | Burnham & Root forned | Montauk Building Chicago, IL | Rookery Chicago, IL | Monadnock Chicago, IL (Root) | Reliance Building Chicago, IL | Ellicott Square Building Buffalo, NY | Union Station Columbus, OH | Wyandotte Building Columbus, OH | Union Station Pittsburgh PA | Frick Building Pittsburgh PA | Flat Iron Building NYC | Merchant's Exchange San Francisco, CA | Union Station Washington DC | San Francisco Plan | Chicago Plan | Burnham retires | Died June 1, 1912 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis Sullivan | Born September 13, 1856 | Adler and Sullivan formed | Auditorium Building Chicago, IL | Walker Warehouse Chicago, IL | Wainwright Building St. Louis, MO | Guaranty Building Buffalo, NY | Gage Building (Ext. Orn. Only) Chicago, IL | Babson House Riverside, IL | People's Savings & Loan Sidney, OH | Died April 14, 1924 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frederick Law Olmstead | Born April 26, 1822 | Central Park NYC | Park System Buffalo, NY | South Park Chicago, IL | Capital Grounds Wash. DC | Mount Royal Montreal | Park System Boston MA | Belle Isle Park Detroit, MI | Stanford Univ. Campus | Biltmore, Olmsted retires | Died August 28, 1903 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McKim, Mead, White | William Mead Born August 20, 1846 | Charles McKim Born August 24, 1847 | Stanford White Born November 9 | McKim opens firm | Mead joins firm | Casino Newport RI White joins firm | Victor Newcomb House Elberon, NJ | Boston Public Library Boston, MA | New York Life Omaha, NE | Madison Square Garden, NYC | Rhode Is. State House Providence RI | NY Building Chicago Fair | Butler and Pratt Mansions, Buffalo, NY | University Club NYC | Pierpont Morgan Library NYC | Penn Station NYC | White Died June 25, 1906 | McKim Died September 14, 1909 | New York Racquet Club | Mead Died June 20, 1928 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bernard Maybeck | Born February 7, 1862 | Studies furniture in Paris | Enters Ecole des Beaux-Arts | Leaves studies at Ecole des Beaux-Arts | Arrives in California | Hearst Hall, UC Berkley | Wyntoon House McCloud, CA | Andrew Lawson House Berkley, CA | Samuel Goslinsky House San Francisco, CA | 1st Church of Christ Science Berkley, CA | Palace of Fine Arts Pan-Pacific Expo | Died 1957 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Events and Milestones | Misc. Milestones | AIA Formed | NYC over 1 million pop. | WAA Formed | WAA/AIA merge | First Public Movie | First Movie Theater Paris | AIA DC Conference | Wright Flight | Glacier National Park | ACPI formed | Grand Canyon Nat'l Park | Female Gov. | Mt. Rushmore Started | Penicillin? | Tri-borough Bridge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Major Buildings | Washington Monument | Statue of Liberty | NY Public Library | Metro. Art Museum NYC | Grand Central NYC | Woolworth | Buffalo City Hall | Empire State Opens | Rockefeller Center Opens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zoning Law Milestones | 1st land use zoning San Fran | Munn v. IL | "Old Law" | NYC passes 1,000,000 | "Laundry" ordinance San Fran. | New Law | 1st Plan. Comm. Hartford | 1st law enabling planing | Eubank v. Richmond | Euclid v. Ambler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Urban History Milestones | Saltaire England | Horse-drawn streetcar | 1st US Apt. | Homestead Act | Tenement Law | Electric Street Lights | Pullman, IL created | Brooklyn Bridge | Skyscraper | Electric Streetcar | Chic. Skyscr. | Escalator | Boston Subway | Gar. City Theory | Att. General v. Williams | McMillan Commiss. | Letchworth Garden Cty | Hampstead England | 1st Natl Planning conference | Forest Hills Garden | 1st City Planner | Comprehen Zoning NYC | NY Port Authority | First suburban mall | Radburn, NJ | WPA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Technology Milestones | Singer Sewing Machine | Pony Express | Trans-Continent Telegraph | Dynamite | Typewriter? | Trans-Continent Railroad | First Subway | Halftone Print | Montgomery Ward Catalog | Color Photos | Telephone | Gramaphone | Light Bulb | Std. Paint Formula | Time Zones | Automobile | Sears Catalog | Modern Bike | Movie Camera | Electric Singer | Tab Machine | Movie Projector | Wireless Telegraph | Xrays | Photo- copier | 1st Reinf. Concrete skyscraper | Roosevelt Dam | Model T Ford | Assembly Line | 1st Gas Station | Talkies | Panama Canal Opens | Daylight Savings Time | Trans-Atlantic Flight | Radio Show | Electric Traffic Light | Television | Holland Tunnel | Lindbergh Flight | Regular Local TV Broadcast | National TV Broadcast | Radar | Color Movie Wizard of Oz | Jet Plane | Mark I Computer | ENIAC Computer | Transistor | Tucker Car | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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