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| Essential
Architecture- Chicago
Loop South Haskell-Barker-Atwater Buildings |
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architect |
Wheelock & Thomas, for 18 and 22 S.; John Mills Van Osdel, for 28 S.; remodeling of 18 S.; Louis Sullivan |
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location |
18, 22, 28 S. Wabash Ave. |
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date |
1875-77; 18 S. remodeled in 1896 |
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style |
Italianate |
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construction |
Stone clad |
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type |
Office Building |
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These buildings provide the best remaining example of what the east side
of the Loop looked like prior to the skyscraper boom of the 1890s. All
three buildings were designed by prominent post-Fire architects,
including the city's first registered architect, John Mills Van Osdel.
The bottom two floors of the Haskell Building were remodeled in 1896 by
master architect
Louis Sullivan. The
upper floors typify post-Fire architecture, with their distinctive round
arches and decorative masonry. |
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links |
With special thanks to the City of
Chicago website,
www.egov.cityofchicago.org , for much of the info on this page.
Photos copyright City of Chicago. |
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