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Chicago Tribune building
Masonic Temple
Flat Iron Building
Montgomery Ward Building
Railway Exchange Building
The Rookery
Stephens Building
Central YMCA Building
Masonic Temple
Merchants Insurance Company building
Municipal Court and Illinois Athletic Club
Illinois Crop Improvement Association
Huntington Towers
Michigan Avenue and Adams Street
Woman's Temple
The Rookery
Garrick Theater
Pullman Building
I am a Revolutionary
Owings Building
Auditorium Building
Business office in Tacoma Building
Commercial Insurance Company's Building
Studebaker Theater
Stock Exchange
Monadnock Building
Office Block
Chicago Tribune building
Image | 1869 |
Picture Chicago
From text: "The new Tribune building [i]s, in every respect, a model of beauty, convenience and comfort, and an ornament to the city. It is located on the corner of Madison and Dearborn streets. It fronts 72 feet on Dearborn, by 121 feet on Madison street, and covers an area of 8,712 square feet. The building is constructed entirely of fire proof materials. It is four st...
Masonic Temple
Image | 1891 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "Masonic Temple."" From text: "It might be added that the Masonic Temple at the corner of State and Randolph Streets will when completed, prove one of the finest buildings in the world. A glance at our artist's sketch of the Masonic Temple as it will appear when completed, will afford a better criterion of the architectural beauties of the structure than any verba...
Flat Iron Building
Image | 1947 |
Champaign-Urbana Historic Built Environment
Destroyed by a fire in March 1948. Shows the east, south, and north sides of the structure.
Montgomery Ward Building
Image | 1906 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "Montgomery Ward & Company Building The headquarters of one of the largest mail order concerns in the world, located on Michigan Avenue and Madison Street. The structure enjoys the distinction of being the highest in Chicago. All orders come to Montgomery Ward & Company by mail, and sales are not otherwise made."
Railway Exchange Building
Image | 1906 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "This edifice is numbered among the handsomest office buildings in the city. It is located on Michigan Avenue, near the Art Institute, overlooking Lake Michigan. The structure is devoted to office purposes, being designed especially for the accommodation of railroad headquarters." Building designed by firm of Burnham and Root.
The Rookery
Image | 1891 |
Picture Chicago
From text: "The Rookery, twelve stories, corner Adams and LaSalle Streets, one of the chief office buildings of Chicago and one of the most ornate structures erected by private enterprise in the world--159 feet."
Stephens Building
Image | 1997 |
Champaign-Urbana Historic Built Environment
Shows the south side of the structure.
Central YMCA Building
Image | 1906 |
Picture Chicago
Located at 19 S. LaSalle Street. Designed by Jenney & Mundie and built in 1893.
Masonic Temple
Image | 1906 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "The Masonic Temple, situated at the corner of Randolph and State streets, is two hundred and sixty-five feet high. The number of its tenants would be sufficient to populate a fair sized village. Although not owned by the Masonic Order, several lodges meet here, paying an annual rental for the privilege. It contains fourteen passenger and two freight elevators." ...
Merchants Insurance Company building
Image | 1869 |
Picture Chicago
From text: "One of the most stately and beautiful edifices in the United States, is the new building of the Merchants Insurance company of Chicago, on the northwest corner of LaSalle and Washington streets. It is five stories in height, and has a frontage of ninety-six and one-third feet on LaSalle street, and a frontage of one hundred and eleven and a half feet on Washingt...
Municipal Court and Illinois Athletic Club
Image | 1912 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "Municipal Court and Illinois Athletic Club Buildings" These buildings are located at 116 South Michigan Avenue and 112 South Michigan Avenue.
Illinois Crop Improvement Association
Image | 1963 |
Champaign-Urbana Historic Built Environment
Shows the south side of the structure.
Huntington Towers
Image | 2004 |
Champaign-Urbana Historic Built Environment
Shows the north and east sides of the structure.
Michigan Avenue and Adams Street
Image | 1919 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "A section of Michigan Avenue and Adams Street showing Orchestra Hall, the Pullman Building, the People's Gas, Light and Coke Co.'s Building, corner of Art Institute. Courtesy Rand-McNally Souvenir Guide to Chicago."
Woman's Temple
Image | 1906 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "The Woman's Temple, at the corner of Monroe and La Salle streets, stands as a monument to the untiring temperance workers of Chicago. It is twelve stories high and contains three hundred offices. The building is a fire-proof structure of steel, granite and terra cotta, and was built by the W. C. T. U. at a cost of $1,500,000." The building was designed by the fir...
The Rookery
Image | 1906 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "When the great fire of 1871 destroyed the City Hall at the corner of La Salle and Adams streets a temporary building erected on the site was jokingly called " The Rookery." The twelve story building erected later upon this spot retained the name of ""The Rookery." It is built of gray granite and fire proof brick." Designed by Burnham and Root. The base is of re...
Garrick Theater
Image | 1906 |
Picture Chicago
The Garrick Theater, built in 1892, was designed by Adler & Sullivan, and was located at 64 W. Randolph Street.
Pullman Building
Image | 1891 |
Picture Chicago
From text: "In height it corresponds to the Virginia Hotel, corner Rush and Ohio Streets, and the Pullman and Studebaker Buildings on Michigan Avenue--140 feet."
I am a Revolutionary
Image | 2001 |
College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching Collection
Culture: Zambian
Owings Building
Image | 1891 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "Corner of Adams and Dearborn Sts". From text: "Tower of the quaint Owings Building, fourteen stories, corner Adams and Dearborn Streets, unique in design, and a cloud disturber of the first order--225 feet."
Auditorium Building
Image | 1891 |
Picture Chicago
From text: " Auditorium Tower, the highest building in Chicago. The balcony is 260 feet high, and the observatory tower carries the height up to 275 feet. The flagstaff surmounting this is the highest thing in town--300 feet."
Business office in Tacoma Building
Image | 1893 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "[Engraved for The Standard Guide Company.] Business Office, New York Mutual Life Insurance Co., Tacoma Bldg [Charles H. Ferguson, Agent.]". From text: ""Elsewhere is presented in this volume an engraving of the interior of the counting room of Charles H. Ferguson, general agent of the New York Mutual Life Insurance Company for the State of Illinois. The offices...
Commercial Insurance Company's Building
Image | 1869 |
Picture Chicago
Lettering in illustration reads: "Commercial Insurance Company's Building 160 & 162 Washington St. Chicago." Text reads: "We have become so accustomed to look eastward for successful and reliable insurance companies, that we often overlook those at our own doors, which, in all the essentials of solvency, are the peers of any in the land. Among these the Commercial Insuranc...
Studebaker Theater
Image | 1906 |
Picture Chicago
The Studebaker Theater was located in what is now known as the Fine Arts Building, at 410 S. Michigan Avenue. The architect was S. S. Beman.
Stock Exchange
Image | 1906 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "The Chicago Stock Exchange Building is located at the corner of Washington and La Salle streets, diagonally across from City Hall. It is one of the largest office structures in the city. The exchange is on the second floor. Here a large volume of speculative business is done every day in the week, except Sundays and holidays." The building, designed by architect...
Monadnock Building
Image | 1906 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "This building presents the appearance of being the most substantial structure in Chicago. It occupies the entire block bounded by Jackson Boulevard, Clark, Dearborn and Van Buren streets. Several of the railroad systems have their general offices here. Seven thousand persons are employed within its walls." Building designed by firm of Burnham and Root.
Office Block
Image | 1958 |
College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching Collection
Culture: British
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