William Holabird

William Holabird (September 11, 1854 in Amenia, New York – July 19, 1923 in Evanston, Illinois) was an American architect.

[1] He studied at the United States Military Academy at West Point but resigned and moved to Chicago, where he later got married.

Shortly after receiving the commission to extend Graceland Cemetery, Jenney passed it on to his assistants who, in 1880, established the firm of Holabird & Simonds to carry out this job.

In 1883 the firm was renamed Holabird & Roche after Simonds left to concentrate solely on Graceland Cemetery and landscape design.

The latter included a façade designed by Louis Sullivan and was cited a Chicago architectural landmark in 1962.