Architect timeline
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Benjamin Henry Latrobe Is Born
On May 1, 1764, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, considered to be the first professional architect in America, was born at Fulneck, a settlement of the... Read more
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Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin Is Born
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1 March 1812 – 14 September 1852) was an English architect, designer, and theorist of design, now best remembered... Read more
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Walter Liberty Vernon Is Born
Walter Liberty Vernon (1846–1914) was an English architect who migrated to the state of New South Wales, Australia and pursued his career as an... Read more
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Daniel Hudson Burnham Is born
Architect and city planner Daniel Hudson Burnham was born in Henderson, New York, on September 4, 1846. He moved with his family to Chicago nine... Read more
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Louis Sullivan Born
Louis Henri Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called the "father of modernism." He is... Read more
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Frank Lloyd Wright Born
Frank Lloyd Wright was born on June 8, 1867, in Richland Center, Wisconsin. Widely regarded as America's most significant architect, Wright... Read more
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Sullivan Works for William Le Baron Jenney
Laid off in November during the recession of 1873, Louis Henry Sullivan followed his parents to Chicago where Louis Henry Henry Sullivan found a... Read more
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Sullivan Works for Furness & Hewitt
Louis Henry Sullivan left college in June 1873 after his first year to take a job white Frank Furness, a boisterous, innovative Philadelphia... Read more
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Sullivan Studies at the École des Beaux-Arts
After six fruitful months with William Le Baron Jenney, Louis Henry Sullivan decided to return to school for theoretical grounding, this time to... Read more
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Sullivan Works for Joseph S. Johnston & John Edelman
In 1874 he was off to Paris, France to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, but that too only lasted for a short time. He returned to Chicago in 1875... Read more
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Christian Emil Marie Küpper (Theo van Doesburg) Born
Theo van Doesburg was born as Christian Emil Marie Küpper on 30 August 1883 in Utrecht as the son of the photographer Wilhelm Küpper and Henrietta... Read more
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William Carey Wright and Anna Lloyd Jones Divorce
Soon after Wright turned 14 his parents separated. Anna had been unhappy for some time with William's inability to provide for his family and asked... Read more
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Frank Lloyd Wright admitted to University of Wisconsin Madison
Wright was admitted to the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a special student in 1886. There he joined Phi Delta Theta fraternity, took classes... Read more
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Wright arrives in Chicago and Works for Joseph Lyman Silsbee
In 1887, Wright arrived in Chicago in search of employment. Resulting from the devastating Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and recent population boom,... Read more
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Frank Lloyd Wright Works for Adler & Sullivan
After less than a year had passed in Silsbee’s office, Wright learned that Adler & Sullivan, the forerunning firm in Chicago, were "looking for... Read more
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Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Completed
The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio at 951 Chicago Avenue in Oak Park, Illinois, has been restored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust... Read more
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Frank Lloyd Wright Marries Catherine Tobin
On June 1, 1889, Wright married his first wife, Catherine Lee "Kitty" Tobin (1871–1959). The two had met around a year earlier during activities at... Read more
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Frank Lloyd Wright Works on Louis Sullivan Bungalow
The Louis Sullivan Bungalow was a vacation home for noted architect Louis Sullivan on the Gulf Coast in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. It was built in... Read more
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Thomas H. Gale House Completed; A "Bootleg House"
The Thomas H. Gale House, or simply Thomas Gale House, is a house located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, United States. The house was... Read more
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Allison Harlan House Constructed; A "Bootleg House"
As with the residential projects for Adler & Sullivan, Wright designed his bootleg houses on his own time. Sullivan knew nothing of the independent... Read more
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Robert P. Parker House Completed; A "Bootleg House"
The Robert P. Parker House is a house located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, United States. The house was designed by famous American... Read more
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Robert G. Emmond House Completed; A "Bootleg House"
The Robert G. Emmond residence is a transitional work designed prior to the formation of Wright's mature Prairie style. With octagonal shaped bays... Read more
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James Charnley Residence Completed
The James Charnley Residence is located in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood, in the 1300 block of North Astor Street. The house is now called the... Read more
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Frank Lloyd Wright Establishes His Own Practice
After leaving Louis Sullivan, Wright established his own practice on the top floor of the Sullivan designed Schiller Building (1892, demolished... Read more
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Fracis J. Woolley House Completed; A "Bootleg House"
The Francis J. Woolley House is located in Oak Park, Illinois, United States, a Chicago suburb. The house was designed by famous American architect... Read more