Background
O,S, Kinney was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
O,S, Kinney was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Mr. Kinney opened an office there in 1865 shortly after the close of the Civil War. Prior to that time he was known to have planned several public buildings in southern Illinois, northern Indiana, and a number of Court houses in the Western Reserve section of Ohio.
In his Chicago office Mr. Kinney employed young Dankmar Alder as draftsman (later superintendent of construction), while his own son, A. J. Kinney was a member of the offices, and these two, following Mr. Kinney's death, completed the unfinished work in the office.