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| Essential
Architecture- Chicago
Loop South Heyworth Building |
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architect |
Daniel Burnham & Co. (Frederick P. Dinkelberg, design associate) |
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location |
29 E. Madison Street |
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date |
1904 |
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style |
early Chicago School |
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construction |
It is an unusual and innovative variation on Chicago School design, combining the structurally expressive character of the Chicago School with the decorative appearance of traditional masonry architecture. The building's tapestry-like ornament complements Louis Sullivan's lavish ornament on the adjacent Carson Pirie Scott department store. Its intact decorative cornice is a highly-crafted and rare building feature among Chicago commercial buildings. |
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type |
Office Building |
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This building was built by Otto Young, a wholesale jeweler and real estate
investor. Named for Young's son-in-law, Lawrence Heyworth, who
supervised the building's construction, the Heyworth historically housed
jewelers, watchmakers, and related businesses. It was designed by
Frederick P. Dinkelberg, an important architect working for one of the
largest and most influential architectural firms in the United States in
the early 1900s. Other buildings by Dinkelberg include the Railway
Exchange Building in Chicago and New York's Flatiron Building. In
addition, one of Chicago's finest historic storefronts, designed in 1917
for O'Connor & Goldberg Shoes, remains at 23 E. Madison St. |
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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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