Long-time Lake Forester Edward “Ted” Bennett III has only lingering memories of his famous grandfather, English architect Edward H. Bennett, but he knows the story well.
Son of an English clipper ship captain, Edward was a promising draftsman who graduated at the top of his class at the Ecole de Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1901. He went to California, where he met and began working with none other than Daniel Burnham. He and Burnham drafted the legendary 1909 Plan of Chicago and the rest … (View original article)