(Chicago, July 13, 2005) Holabird & Root, one of Chicago’s most distinguished architecture, engineering and interiors firms, is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, the Chicago Architecture Foundation is hosting a retrospective exhibition, “Holabird & Root 125,” which opens on Saturday, July 16, 2005.

Known until 1928 as Holabird & Roche, the firm has designed many of Chicagoland’s best-known and best-loved landmarks, such as the classical Marquette Building (1895), the art deco Board of Trade (1930), and the modern Ravinia Pavilion (1950). “The story of Holabird & Root is, in many ways, the story of architecture in Chicago,” says CAF President & CEO Lynn Osmond.

The CAF exhibition reflects the evolution of the firm’s work—and of the city itself—through beautifully framed photographs, organized chronologically into five distinct sections. A corresponding timeline relates the architecture to significant events in the history of Chicago such as the Great Fire.

The exhibition will be open through Sunday, February 12, 2006.
Exhibition Images
Fort Sheridan 1890
Graceland Cemetery Chapel and Mortuary Crypt 1888
E. H. Webster Residence 1889
Tacoma Building 1889
Marquette Building 1895
McCormick Buildings 1899
Marquette Building 1895
Cable Building 1899
University Club 1908
Grant Park Stadium (Soldier Field) 1924
Cook County Courthouse/Chicago City Hall 1910
University Club 1908
Chicago Temple (First Methodist-Episcopal Church) 1923
Grant Park Stadium (Soldier Field) 1924
University of Chicago Departments of Geology and Geography 1914
Palmolive Building 1929
333 North Michigan Avenue Building 1928
Chicago Board of Trade 1930
A.O. Smith Company Research and Engineering Building 1930
A.O. Smith Company Research and Engineering Building 1930
Chrysler Building, Century of Progress 1933
Walden Book Shop, Michigan Square Building 1930
Socatch Bakery, Michigan Square Building 1930
Edward P. Russell Residence 1929
Northwestern University Technological Institute 1942
Northwestern University Technological Institute 1942
Northwestern University Technological Institute 1942
Monsanto Company Environmental Health Laboratory 1978
Hotel Statler 1942
Ravinia Pavilion 1950
Illinois Bell Telephone Company 4A Equipment Building 1973
Illinois Bell Telephone Company 4A Equipment Building 1973
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 1988
Chicago Historical Society Renovation and Addition 1988
Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law 1992
Hollister Incorporated Corporate Headquarters 1981
Northwestern University School of Law 1984
University of Chicago Kersten Physics Teaching Center 1985
Grinnell College Noyce Science Center Renovation and Addition 1997
Northern Illinois University College of Engineering 1995
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning 1993
Newaygo Foundation Dogwood Center for the Performing Arts 2002
Wittenberg University Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center Renovation and Addition 2003
Forest Hills Public Schools Fine Arts Center 2004

STAFF PHOTOS
Holabird & Roche Staff Photo 1915 or 1916
Holabird & Root Staff Photo 2005