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Ernest R. Graham (architect)

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Graham married Carlotta Vonwagonen (Jackson) Hull in 1893. Carlotta died in 1923. He married his second wife, Ruby Fitzhugh (Powell) Leffingwell, in 1925 at Stokes Poges Church, England. He adopted her son, William E. Leffingwell. Graham is the uncle of
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Graham was born in Lowell, Kent County, Michigan, the son of Robert William and Emma Elizabeth (Post) Graham. Employed first by
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He died on November 22, 1936, at his home at 25 Banks Street, Chicago, Illinois, aged 68.
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Graham also designed many noteworthy structures in other cities. These included the
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Lowell, Michigan
Chicago, Illinois
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
National Postal Museum
Equitable Building
Union Station (Washington, D.C.)
Terminal Tower
Burnham and Root
D.H. Burnham & Co.
Columbian Exposition
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
Daniel Burnham
National Postal Museum
Equitable Building
The New York Times
Merchandise Mart
LaSalle Bank Building
Wrigley Building

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