Dankmar Adler

Dankmar Adler was a Germanborn American architect.

Adler was born in Stadtlengsfeld, Germany his mother died when he was born. He came to the United States with his father Liebman, a rabbi, in 1854. Dankmar first landed in Detroit with his father, who took up residence in Detroit as the Rabbi of Congregation BethEl , before moving to Chicago. Adler had some elementary level education in the City of Detroit and Ann Arbor, before leaving school to become a draftsman. Adler was involved with the Union Army during the Civil War, serving in the Chattanooga and Atlanta Campaigns during the war doing engineering work.

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