- September 4, 1856: Louis Henri Sullivan born in Boston.
- 1872: Studied architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- 1873: Moved to Philadelphia to work for architect Frank Furness, designer of Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
- 1873: Laid off by Furness due to depression of 1873.
- 1873: Moved to Chicago & worked for architect William LeBaron Jenney.
- 1874: Moved to Paris to study at the École des Beaux-Arts.
- Traveled to Rome & finds revelation in Michelangelo's Sistine ceiling.
- 1875: After 6 mos in Europe, returned to Chicago to work for Joseph S. Johnston & John Edelman as a draftsman.
- 1875: Became fascinated with new architecture based on iron construction through friendship with engineer Frederick Baumann.
- Obtained commissions to decorate Edelmann's Sinai Synagogue & then Moody Tabernacle.
- 1879: Employed by architect Dankmar Adler.
- 1880: Becomes partner in Adler & Sullivan.
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- 1890s: Adler & Sullivan shift to designing office buildings.
- 1891: Wainwright Building, St. Louis. They invent aesthetic treatment for highrise exterior.
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Adler & Sullivan 1890s commissions. |
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- 1895: Adler & Sullivan dissolve partnership after drop in commissions resulting from financial Panic of 1893.
- Since Adler was the partner who landed most commissions, Sullivan's career starts its decline.
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Sullivan exists on small commissions. |
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Sullivan lands a series of commissions for what he calls Jewel Box banks.
- 1908: National Farmer's Bank, Owatonna, MN
- 1912: Peoples Savings Bank, Cedar Rapids, IA
- 1913: Henry C. Adams Building (Land & Loan Office), Algona, IA
- 1914: Merchants' National Bank, Grinnell, IA
- 1914: Home Building Association Company, Newark, OH
- 1914: Purdue State Bank, West Lafayette, IN
- 1917: People's Federal Savings & Loan Association, Sidney, OH
- 1919: Farmer's & Merchant's Union Bank, Columbus, WI
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