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308: 79: 66: 86: 444: 280:(c. 1900). Burnham, with Frederick P. Dinkelberg, completed his design for the building shortly before leaving Chicago in April 1912; he died in Germany two months later. The building resembles Burnham's 459: 258:, turned fifty (1943). For the most part, Field's estate was invested in existing property, but it was used to fund three major projects: the Conway Building, the 300:, Peirce Anderson, and Edward Probst assumed control of the project on April 30. It was completed under the auspices of Graham, Burnham & Co. (a precursor of 449: 454: 288:: both buildings are twenty-one stories, have rounded corners, and are decorated in a Beaux-Arts style. Both buildings are thought to be influenced by the 464: 115: 356: 320: 52: 301: 273: 169: 424: 277: 324: 28: 254:, who had died in 1906. Field requested that his $ 83 million estate be invested in Chicago real estate until his grandson, 78: 382: 297: 289: 323:
on February 9, 1984. The Chicago Title & Trust Co. was a longtime tenant before the 1992 completion of the
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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago
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The Burnham Center, originally known as the Conway Building, replaced the
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National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Conway Building
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The Burnham Center is currently home to the corporate headquarters of
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was a frequent associate of Field, designing an annex to the
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before his death on June 1, 1912, and was completed in 1913.
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Sinkevitch, Alice; Petersen, Laurie McGovern, eds. (2014).
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Conway Building
Chicago Title and Trust Center
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Burnham Center is located in Chicago Loop
Chicago, Illinois
41°52′58″N 87°37′53″W / 41.88278°N 87.63139°W / 41.88278; -87.63139
Daniel H. Burnham & Co.
Graham, Burnham, & Co.
84000988
skyscraper
Chicago
Illinois
Marshall Field
Daniel Burnham
Chicago Opera House
Marshall Field
Marshall Field III
Pittsfield Building
Field Building
Daniel Burnham
Marshall Field and Company Building
Field Museum of Natural History
Flatiron Building
New York City
Palazzo di Propaganda Fide
Rome
Ernest R. Graham
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White

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