Dankmar adler biography

American architect

Dankmar Adler (July 3, 1844 – April 16, 1900) was a German-born American architect and civil engineer. He is best known for his fifteen-year partnership with Louis Sullivan, during which they designed influential skyscrapers that boldly addressed their steel skeleton through their exterior design: the Wainwright Building in St.

Louis, Missouri (1891), the Chicago Stock Exchange Building (1894), and the Guaranty Building in Buffalo, New York (1896).^[1]

Early years

Adler was born in Stadtlengsfeld, Germany; his mother, Sara Eliel,^[2] died when he was born.

In 1854, he came to the United States with his father Liebman Adler, a rabbi.^[3] They took up residence in Detroit, and Liebman became the rabbi of Congregation Beth-El.

Dankmar adler biography

Subsequently, they moved to Chicago. Adler had some elementary-level education in the City of Detroit, and Ann Arbor, before leaving school to become a draftsman.

Career

Adler served in