caption death_date death_place birth_place practice awards nationality birth_date significant_buildings image article_title significant_projects name
portrait of john wellborn root 15 january 1891 chicago , illinois lumpkin , georgia burnham and root aia gold medal -lrb- 1958 -rrb- american 10 january 1850 reliance building johnwroot.png john wellborn root
 grand central terminal john wellborn root
john wellborn root

john wellborn root -lrb- january 10 , 1850 -- january 15 , 1891 -rrb- was an american architect who was based in chicago with daniel burnham .
he was one of the founders of the chicago school style .
one of his buildings was designated a national historic landmark ; others have been designated chicago landmarks and listed on the national register of historic places .
in 1958 , he received the aia gold medal .
