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| Essential
Architecture- Chicago
Loop South Ludington Building |
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architect |
William Le Baron Jenney |
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location |
1104 S. Wabash Ave. |
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date |
1891 |
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style |
Victorian Industrial |
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construction |
steel frame, clad in terracotta |
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type |
Office Building |
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The city's earliest-surviving, steel-frame building, a type of
construction that changed modern architecture. It represents one of the
high points of its designer, William Le Baron Jenney, who is widely
considered to be the "father of the skyscraper." As one of the first
structures to be completely clad in terra cotta, it also marks an
important step in Chicago's leadership in the development of the
architectural terra cotta industry. Its purity of form and delicacy of
ornamental detail mark it as one of the most significant visual
landmarks of the South Loop. It was built by Mary Ludington to house the
American Book Company. |
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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.
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