Benjamin H. Marshall
American architect based in Chicago (1874–1944)
Benjamin Howard Marshall (May 5, 1874 – June 19, 1944) was an American architect based in Chicago, Illinois. He is known for his designs of luxury hotels, apartment buildings, and country estates.2
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Born May 5, 1874, died Jun 19, 1944.1
About
His firm, Marshall and Fox, was responsible for many of Chicago’s landmark buildings, including the Drake Hotel and the Edgewater Beach Hotel, and was known for its pioneering work in poured concrete construction.
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Companies
- Marshall and FoxFounder8
Early life and education
Marshall was born in Chicago to Caleb H. and Celia F. Marshall. He attended the Harvard School for Boys in Kenwood, but did not pursue formal architectural education.
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Career
Occupation: architect.4
- Date not recordedFounded Marshall and Fox3
At the age of 19, he became an apprentice in the firm of Marble and Wilson and two years later, at the time of Marble's death, he was named a full-fledged partner. One of his earliest commissions was destroyed a month after its completion in an event remembered as one of Chicago's worst disasters, the Iroquois Theater Fire of 1903.
In 1905, Marshall co-founded the firm Marshall and Fox with Charles E. Fox, a graduate of MIT. Their firm specialized in designing opulent hotels and apartment buildings in classical revival styles.
His work was also part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Personal life
Marshall married Elizabeth Walton in 1905 and had three children.
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- 1WikidataBenjamin H. Marshall on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaBenjamin H. Marshall on Wikipedia
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- 8WikidataMarshall and Fox, Founder
- 9Wikimedia CommonsBenjamin H. Marshall photo by Unknown photographer, Public domain