Daniel Burnham Jr.

Daniel Hudson Burnham Jr. (1886–1961), was an architect and urban planner based in Chicago and one of the sons of the renowned architect and urban planner Daniel H. Burnham. Burnham Jr. was director of public works for the Century of Progress 1933-34 World's Fair in Chicago, the same role his father held for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.

Life and career

Burnham trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and worked in his father's firm, D. H. Burnham & Company, until after Burnham's death. In 1917 he and his brother, Hubert Burnham, left the successor firm of Graham, Burnham & Company to found their own firm, Burnham Brothers. 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 Graham, Anderson, Probst & White.

In 1933 Burnham left the firm, and Hubert Burnham formed a new partnership with C. Herrick Hammond 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.

Burnham and his wife Martha were killed in an auto accident in Lake Barrington, Illinois on November 3, 1961. They were buried at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago.

Architectural works Joliet Central High School additions, Joliet, Illinois (1917, 1922, 1924 and 1931, NRHP 1982) L. F. Beach Company Department Store, Joliet, Illinois (1919) First National Bank Building, Amboy, Illinois (1921) Childs Building, Chicago, Illinois (1922–23, demolished) Morley Brothers Department Store, Saginaw, Michigan (1922, demolished 1981) Mary Walker Hotel, Joliet, Illinois (1922) Burnham Building, Chicago, Illinois (1924) Central Life Building, Chicago, Illinois (1924, demolished) Seneca Hotel, Chicago, Illinois (1926) Union National Bank Building, Eau Claire, Wisconsin (1930, NRHP 1983) United States Custom House, Chicago, Illinois (1933, NRHP 2016) Thornton Township High School additions, Harvey, Illinois (1938) Berwyn Municipal Building, Berwyn, Illinois (1939, NRHP 2001)

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