Zachary Taylor Davis

Zachary Taylor Davis (May 26, 1869 – December 16, 1946) was the architect of several major Chicago buildings, including St. Ambrose (1904) Comiskey Park (1910), Wrigley Field (1914), Mount Carmel High School (1924), and St. James Chapel of Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary (1918).

[1] After graduating he began a six-year apprenticeship, part of which was spent as a draftsman for Louis Sullivan—along with another aspiring architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

To prepare for the project, Davis toured ballparks around the country with White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh.

Known as the "Frank Lloyd Wright of baseball",[4] Davis was one of the first architects to design ballparks with innovative steel-beam and concrete construction.

When Comiskey Park needed to be expanded, in part to accommodate fans of the visiting Babe Ruth, Davis oversaw the renovations.