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Also Known As Louis Henry Sullivan
Born September 3, 1856 • Boston • Massachusetts
Died April 14, 1924 (aged 67) • Chicago • Illinois
Notable Works Guaranty Building • Wainwright Building • Auditorium Building and Theatre • “Autobiography of An Idea”
Movement / Style Art Nouveau • Chicago School
Subjects Of Study architecture

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Guaranty Building, Buffalo, N.Y., by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan, 1894–95.
Print of the Carson Pirie Scott & Co. department store, Chicago, c. 1907.
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National Farmers' Bank, designed by Louis Sullivan, 1908, Owatonna, Minn.
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Learn about Louis Sullivan's architectural designs for the mausoleums of Martin Ryerson and Carrie Eliza Getty in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago
Explore the Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, where famous United States architects, including Louis Sullivan, Daniel Burnham, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe are buried
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