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In 1850, Ozias Kinney was living in Ashland, Ohio, listing his occupation as Master Builder. He lived in Cleveland for a brief time in the mid-1850's. He designed the Chamberlain Block that still stands in the Warehouse District.  Prior to moving to Chicago, he was known to have planned several public buildings in southern Illinois, northern Indiana, and a number of Court houses in the Western Reserve section of Ohio.

The 1863 Chicago City Directory lists him living on Michigan Avenue near 21st Street. Mr. Kinney opened an office in Chicago in 1865 shortly after the close of the Civil War.

In his Chicago, office Mr. Kinney employed young Dankmar Alder as draftsman (later superintendent of construction), while his own son, A. J. Kinney was a member of the offices, and these two, following Mr. Kinney's death, completed the unfinished work in the office.

Dankmar Alder, a German-born American architect and civil engineer is best known for his ten-year partnership with Louis Sullivan, during which they designed influential skyscrapers that boldly addressed their steel skeleton through their exterior design: the Guaranty Building in Buffalo, New York, the Chicago Stock Exchange Building (1894–1972); and the Wainwright Building in St. Louis, Missouri.


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Place/Date:
Chicago / 1867
Size:
23 x 19 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
56296