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Manhattan Building
The Manhattan Building is the oldest surviving commercial ...
Monadock Building
The word "monadnock" is defined as a mountain or rocky mas...
Marquette Building
In the late 19th century, steel framing as a new building ...
Carson, Pirie, Scott Co. Building
Louis Sullivan is regarded highly by historians and archit...
Old Chicago Public Library (Chicago Cultural Center)
Influenced by the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, the f...
Montgomery Ward Co. Complex
Since 1909, the Montgomery Ward and Company Complex, situa...
James Charnley House
Built in 1892, the James Charnley House has been widely re...
Albert F. Madlener House
One of the most prominent residential buildings represente...
Hampton Historic Site
Hampton National Historic Site records more than two centu...
Roland Park Historic District
In the 1890s Edward H. Bouton and the Roland Park Company ...
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Manhattan Building
The Manhattan Building is the oldest surviving commercial office building by William LeBaron Jenney, the noted architect who brought the techniques of skyscraper skeletal construction to maturity. Some Chicago School architects who worked in Jenney's office included D. H. Burnham, ...
Monadock Building
The word "monadnock" is defined as a mountain or rocky mass that stands isolated in a level area. Rising 16 stories high, the Monadnock Block in 1891 stood as one of the tallest buildings constructed of solid masonry in the ...
Marquette Building
In the late 19th century, steel framing as a new building material demanded a new form of architecture. The architectural firm of Holabird and Roche designed the Marquette Building in 1894 as one introduction to this form, which became known ...
Carson, Pirie, Scott Co. Building
Louis Sullivan is regarded highly by historians and architects as a pioneer in American commercial architecture. As an exemplary model of his work, the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building showcases his philosophy of form following function. Built in 1899 ...
Old Chicago Public Library (Chicago Cultural Center)
Influenced by the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, the first permanent home of the Chicago Public Library was designed in the Beaux Arts style by the Boston architectural firm of Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge. It was constructed between 1893 and 1897 ...
Montgomery Ward Co. Complex
Since 1909, the Montgomery Ward and Company Complex, situated along the North Branch of the Chicago River, has served as national headquarters for the country's oldest mail order firm. The two earliest buildings, the old Administration Building and the Mail ...
James Charnley House
Built in 1892, the James Charnley House has been widely recognized internationally for over half a century as an important workof modern architecture. It is one of the few major residential commissions realized by Louis Sullivan. The house is also ...
Albert F. Madlener House
One of the most prominent residential buildings represented by the second generation of the Chicago School architects is the Albert F. Madlener House. Designed by Hugh Garden, the house faces Burton St. with an off center front door. Three stories ...
Hampton Historic Site
Hampton National Historic Site records more than two centuries of economic and social change in the Chesapeake region. The Ridgely family began acquiring land north of Baltimore before the Revolutionary War, but only after American independence did Hampton become a ...
Roland Park Historic District
In the 1890s Edward H. Bouton and the Roland Park Company developed a residential neighborhood in northwest Baltimore, now known as the Roland Park Historic District. Roland Park was one of the most successful and highly emulated planned streetcar suburbs. ...
