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The Manhattan Building is a 16-story building at 431 South Dearborn Street in Chicago, Illinois. It was designed by architect William Le Baron Jenney and constructed from 1889 to 1891. [ 2 ] It is the oldest surviving skyscraper in the world to use a purely skeletal supporting structure. [ 3 ]
19 South LaSalle Street was constructed as the Central YMCA Association Building in 1893, [1] [2] and completed shortly before the Panic of 1893. [1] The structure, designed by William LeBaron Jenney and William Bryce Mundie as Jenney & Mundie , was eventually renamed for its address, 19 South LaSalle Street. [ 3 ]
The New York Life Insurance Building is a 14-story building at 39 South LaSalle Street in the Loop neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois.Designed by William Le Baron Jenney, it was completed as a 12-story structure in 1894 at a cost of $800,000, equivalent to $28,172,308 in 2023. [1]
The Second Leiter Building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976, and a Chicago Landmark on January 14, 1997. From 1998 to 2020, the building was home to the Chicago campus of Robert Morris University, which vacated the space following its merger with Roosevelt University on March 9, 2020. [5] [6]
United States historic place South Dearborn Street – Printing House Row North Historic District U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark District Chicago Landmark The Manhattan Building (far right), the Fisher Building (far left), and the Old Colony Building (middle-left), three of the four buildings in the district. Show map of Chicago metropolitan area Show ...
The Ludington Building in Chicago, Illinois is a steel-frame building that is the oldest surviving structure of its kind in the city. [2] It is located in the Chicago Loop community area. It was designed by William Le Baron Jenney and was named a Chicago Landmark on June 10, 1996. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on ...
Map all coordinates using ... Designed by Chicago architect William W. Boyington ... Roebuck & Co., designed by William Le Baron Jenney. 41: Frank R. Lillie House:
The Home Insurance Building was a skyscraper that stood in Chicago from 1885 to its demolition in 1931. Originally ten stories and 138 ft (42.1 m) tall, it was designed by William Le Baron Jenney in 1884 and completed the next year. Two floors were added in 1891, bringing its now finished height to 180 feet (54.9 meters).