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Manhattan Building
The Manhattan Building is the oldest surviving commercial ...
Marquette Building
In the late 19th century, steel framing as a new building ...
The Rookery Building
Built in 1888, the Rookery Building was named in honor of ...
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...
Tree Studio Building
The Tree Studio Complex is a group of three buildings comp...
Montgomery Ward Co. Complex
Since 1909, the Montgomery Ward and Company Complex, situa...
Albert F. Madlener House
One of the most prominent residential buildings represente...
Roland Park Historic District
In the 1890s Edward H. Bouton and the Roland Park Company ...
Druid Hill Park Historic District
Druid Hill Park was in the vanguard of great urban parks i...
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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, ...
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 ...
The Rookery Building
Built in 1888, the Rookery Building was named in honor of the former temporary City Hall where many of the city's birds made their nests. The 11-story office building, designed by the architectural firm of Burnham and Root, features cast-iron ...
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 ...
Tree Studio Building
The Tree Studio Complex is a group of three buildings comprising the original Tree Studio, built in 1894, and the Ontario and Ohio Street Annexes, two additions built in 1912-1913. They were erected by Lambert Tree to provide low cost ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
Druid Hill Park Historic District
Druid Hill Park was in the vanguard of great urban parks in the United States. In 1860, the Baltimore Park Commission purchased the Druid Hill estate with funds gleaned from a then-unique policy of land purchases, financed by a tax ...
