Dankmar Adler

Dankmar Adler (July 3, 1844, in Stadtlengsfeld, Germany – April 16 , 1900, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) was a celebrated German-born American architect. Adler's mother died when he was born. He came to the United States with his father Liebman in 1854. Adler served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Thereafter, he practiced in Chicago, from 1866 onward. He worked first with Augustus Bauer and next with Ozias S. Kinney. Adler formed a partnership with Edward Burling in 1871; they created more than 100 buildings together before ending the partnership. After he began his own firm, Adler hired Louis Sullivan as a draughtsman and designer in 1880; Sullivan was made a partner in the firm in 1883. Adler was not only an architect but also a...