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Sunday, July 3, 2011

PEIRCE ANDERSON. A Life's Work.

Peirce Anderson joined D.H. Burnham & Company in 1899, was recognized as Daniel Burnham's lead designer in the reorganization of 1908 and continued in that position when Graham, Burnham and Company was formed in 1912.  His name "went on the door" in 1917 with the creation of Graham, Anderson Probst and White.  Below is a (remarkable) list of his major work.

PEIRCE ANDERSON
WITH D.H.BURNHAM & CO
MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY 1902
State Street at Randolph
Chicago
.
PLAN OF MANILA 1905
Luzon
The Philipines
.
PLAN OF WASHINGTON 1902
Washingon  DC
.
PLAN OF CLEVELAND 1903
Cleveland, Ohio
. 
PLAN OF MANILA 1905
Luzon
The Philipines
.
SCHMIDLAPP MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1905
Cincinnati, Ohio
.
UNION STATION 1907
Washington DC
.
WANAMAKERS 1909
Philadelphia
.
UNION STATION PLAZA 1910
Washington DC
.
PEOPLE'S GAS LIGHT AND COKE 1910
122 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago
.
INSURANCE EXCHANGE  1911
175 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
.
FIELD MUSEUM 1909-1920
Roosevelt Road at South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
.
80 MAIDEN LANE  1912
New York
.
FILENE'S 1912
Boston
.
CHARLES A STEVENS 1912
16 North Wabash
Chicago
.

PEIRCE ANDERSON
WITH GRAHAM ANDERSON PROBST AND WHITE
US POST OFFICE 1911
Washington DC
.
UNION STATION 1913-1925
210 South Canal Street
Chicago
.
EQUITABLE BUILDING 1913
120 Broadway
New York
.
MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY 1914
Men's Annex
Chicago
.
CONTINENTAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK 1914
208 South LaSalle Street
Chicago
.
KIMBALL BUILDING 1914-1917
25 East Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
.
DAVID WHITNEY BUILDING 1915-1916
Detroit
.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO 1922
230 South LaSalle Street
Chicago
.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO 1922
230 South LaSalle Street
Chicago
.
STRAUS BANK 1923-1924
(With Charles Beersman)
310 South Michigan Avenue
.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO 1922
230 South LaSalle Street
Chicago
.
CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST 1924
231 South LaSalle Street
Chicago

His work has literally changed the face of Chicago, Washington DC, Cleveland, and Manilla.  So.  Why have we never heard of him?

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