D. H. Burnham & Company
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The architecture firm of D.H. Burnham and Company, Chicago, Illinois, was the successor to Burnham and Root. The name was changed once John Root died in 1891. Root was the chief consulting architect for the World's Columbian Exposition. After Root's death, Daniel Burnham took that title along with his old title of Chief of Construction.
D.H. Burnham and Company continued to have design output that was prodigious. Including the Ellicott Square Building in Buffalo, New York, as well as overseeing the reconstruction and expansion of the Marshall Field's store in Chicago between 1893 and 1914.
In 1894 Burnham was the President of the American Institute of Architects and was asked to draw up plans for cities such as San Francisco, Cleveland, and Baltimore.
[edit] Burnham Plan
The Burnham Plan was a basis plan for the city of Chicago. The plan kept forest preserves along and near the city's lakeside, to ensure its preservation in case of a population explosion.
When Burnham passed away in 1912 the company was passed down to a longtime trusted employee, who later changed the name to Graham, Burnham and Company.
