Holabird & Root

Holabird & Root provides architectural, engineering, interior design, and planning services.

They set up their own independent practice, Holabird & Simonds, in 1880 when they took on the project for an extension to Graceland Cemetery, passed on to them by Jenney.

After only working together on five projects, Simonds left the firm in 1883 to pursue a career as a landscape architect.

A few years later however, the firm once again collaborated with the ex-partner when, from 1889 to 1895, they designed and built Fort Sheridan, for which Simonds provided the landscaping.

An enormously successful practice, they also designed large, ornate hotels across the country, including Chicago's Palmer House, with Richard Neutra in a junior role on the team.