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Root, John Wellborn

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Root, John Wellborn (1850-1891)

US architect who designed innovative iron- and steel-framed Chicago skyscrapers that shaped the Chicago school of architecture in the 1880s.

He was born in Lumpkin, Georgia. He was the primary designer in a partnership with Daniel H Burnham 1873-91.


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