Rebuilding Chicago
Before Baird & Warner was known as 'Baird & Warner,' it was Baird & Bradley. This was due to the partnership between founder Lyman Baird and fellow New Haven-ite Francis Bradley. When Bradley joined the firm, the Civil War was at its height, and Chicago was booming.
Mortgage lending was the company's main business, but soon the partners began to manage buildings in order to protec...
