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Overton Hygenic Building
The Overton Hygienic Building is one of the most important...
Old Colony Building
The Old Colony Building was designed and constructed betwe...
Monadock Building
The word "monadnock" is defined as a mountain or rocky mas...
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...
Reid Murdoch Building
The Reid Murdoch Building, designed in 1913-1914 by George...
Montgomery Ward Co. Complex
Since 1909, the Montgomery Ward and Company Complex, situa...
James Charnley House
Built in 1892, the James Charnley House has been widely re...
Hampton Historic Site
Hampton National Historic Site records more than two centu...
Roland Park Historic District
In the 1890s Edward H. Bouton and the Roland Park Company ...
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Overton Hygenic Building
The Overton Hygienic Building is one of the most important elements of the African American community known as the Black Metropolis. Established by the beginning of the 20th century, this commercial district developed in response to the restrictions and exploitation ...
Old Colony Building
The Old Colony Building was designed and constructed between 1893 and 1894 by the architectural firm of Holabird and Roche. As Chicago School architects, they sought to reveal the character of the steel skeletal structure while cladding their buildings with ...
Monadock Building
The word "monadnock" is defined as a mountain or rocky mass that stands isolated in a level area. Rising 16 stories high, the Monadnock Block in 1891 stood as one of the tallest buildings constructed of solid masonry in the ...
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 ...
Reid Murdoch Building
The Reid Murdoch Building, designed in 1913-1914 by George C. Nimmons, was constructed as a food processing company and warehouse. The seven-story building, which sits on the Chicago River, has a three-story clock tower rising from the center of its ...
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 ...
James Charnley House
Built in 1892, the James Charnley House has been widely recognized internationally for over half a century as an important workof modern architecture. It is one of the few major residential commissions realized by Louis Sullivan. The house is also ...
Hampton Historic Site
Hampton National Historic Site records more than two centuries of economic and social change in the Chesapeake region. The Ridgely family began acquiring land north of Baltimore before the Revolutionary War, but only after American independence did Hampton become a ...
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. ...
