D.H. Burnham & Co.
Holabird and Root
Richard Ernest Schmidt (1865-1958)
Otis Elevator Company Collection
INV-2623
D.H. Burnham & Co.
Holabird and Root
Richard Ernest Schmidt (1865-1958)1903-1906
Otis Elevator Company Collection
D.H. Burnham & Co. Holabird and Root Richard Ernest Schmidt (1865-1958) →archival material
Date
1903-1906
Medium
Ink drawings on linen.
Dimensions
1 oversize portfolio: W.: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Joyce and Don Wiberg, 1996.
Elisha Graves Otis’s invention of the safe elevator in the 1850s greatly increased the practicality of constructing tall buildings and played a significant role in the evolution of the skyscraper. This collection contains elevator plans for forty-seven buildings, prepared by the Chicago office of Otis Elevator Company between 1903 and 1906 for such architectural firms as D.H. Burnham & Co., Holabird & Roche, and Richard Schmidt.
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Also notable
Works in the same vein
Rookery Building, Chicago, Illinois, LaSalle Street Elevation
Burnham & Root American, 1873–1891
Land Title and Trust Building with Addition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Perspective Rendering
D. H. Burnham & Co. (American, 1896–1912) Hughson Hawley (American, 19th century)
Rookery Building, 209 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois: Grille from Interior Central Court
Burnham & Root (American, 1873-1891) Architect and designer: John Wellborn Root (American, 1850-1891)
