Dankmar Adler

Dankmar Adler ( born July 3, 1844 in Stadtlengsfeld (now Stadtlengsfeld ) in Eisenach, † April 16, 1900 in Chicago ) was an American architect of German descent.

Life

Adler was the son of a rabbi and emigrated at the age of 10 years with his family to America. The rest of his childhood he spent then in Detroit, studied at the Universities of Michigan and Chicago architecture and settled there as an architect. 1881 founded Eagle with Louis Sullivan, the architectural firm Adler & Sullivan. Adler was president of the Western Association of Architects, secretary of the American Institute of Architects and a member of other professional organizations. From 1873 to 1877 he was also secretary of the United Hebrew Charities of Chicago.

Work and style

The Office of Adler & Sullivan was the main representative of the style of the so-called Chicago School of Architecture. In Chicago, among others, the Central Music Hall and numerous other secular and religious buildings arose. Adler was also involved in the construction of the Carnegie Hall in New York.

List of other sites:

• Auditorium Building in Chicago, 1887-1889
• Standard Club in Chicago, 1887-1888
• Wainwright Building in St. Louis, 1890-1891
• Kehilath Anshe Ma'ariv Synagogue in Chicago, 1891
• Schiller Building, Chicago, 1892 ( picture)
• Chicago Stock Exchange in Chicago, 1893-1894 (Picture )
• World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893
• Central National Bank Building in St. Louis, 1893
• Guaranty Building in Buffalo, 1894-1896 (Picture )
• Victoria Building in St. Louis, 1898