WILLIAM HOLABIRD
SSN 318-03-0181
Residence: 60611  Chicago, Cook, IL
Born 14 May 1904
Died 7 Feb 1992
Issued: IL (Before 1951)

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1880 Census: ? Grandparents? =  
 Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
 William HOLABIRD   Self   M   Male   W   25   NY   Clerk Military Headquarters   CT   NY 
 Maria HOLABIRD   Wife   M   Female   W   24   WASHINGTON TERRITORY      NY   NY 
 Cornelius HOLABIRD   Son   S   Male   W   3   IL      NY   WASHINGTON TERRITORY 
 Robert HOLABIRD   Son   S   Male   W   1   IL      NY   WASHINGTON TERRITORY 
 Mary CLANCEY   Other   S   Female   W   21   IRE   Servant   IRE   IRE 
 Bridget SHELLY   Other   S   Female   W   15   IL   Servant   IRE   IRE 
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Source Information:
  Census Place Chicago, Cook, Illinois
  Family History Library Film   1254186
  NA Film Number   T9-0186
  Page Number   253A

“February 11, 1992|By Kenan Heise.
William Holabird, 87, a retired partner in the architectural firm of Holabird & Root, helped lead the firm founded by his grandfather, William Holabird, during years when it designed hundreds of buildings.
A resident of the Near North Side, he died Friday at home.
``At the firm, he was essentially an engineer and contract partner,``
said his cousin, John Holabird. ``Personally, he was a sportsman and an athlete. He loved physical sports. He took the sports spirit seriously and was fair and square, honest and incorruptible, and he expected others to be. He did not practice political or corrupt architecture. Bill did what he was supposed to do. He was great.``
Mr. Holabird, an Evanston native, attended Hill School and graduated from Yale University in 1927. While there he played halfback on the varsity football team. He also was a pitcher for the school`s baseball team, and continued pitching for 10 years on Chicago semi-pro teams. After injuring his arm in an automobile accident, he turned to golf and played at a near-professional level.He started at Holabird & Root in 1927 as a field superintendent and later said he tapped every rivet in the Palmolive (later, the Playboy and now the 919 N. Michigan Avenue) Building. He became a partner in 1948, retiring 30 years later.The firm, while he was with it, designed major buildings for hospitals, universities, corporations, utilities, unions and laboratories.He had no immediate survivors.A service for Mr. Holabird will be held 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in St. James Episcopal Cathedral, 65 E. Huron St.