- Manhattan Building (Chicago, Illinois)
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Manhattan BuildingChicago Landmark
Manhattan Building at the northeast corner of Dearborn St. and Congress Pkwy.Location: Chicago, Illinois Coordinates: 41°52′33″N 87°37′45″W / 41.87583°N 87.62917°WCoordinates: 41°52′33″N 87°37′45″W / 41.87583°N 87.62917°W Built: 1888 Architect: William LeBaron Jenney Architectural style: Skyscraper Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 76000697 [1] Significant dates Added to NRHP: March 16, 1976 Designated CL: July 7, 1978 The Manhattan Building is a 16-story building at 431 South Dearborn Street in Chicago, Illinois. It was designed by architect William Le Baron Jenney and constructed from 1889 to 1891.[2] It is the oldest surviving skyscraper in the world to use a purely skeletal supporting structure.[3] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1976, and designated a Chicago Landmark on July 7, 1978.[4]
The Manhattan Building anchors an impressive row of historic skyscrapers along South Dearborn Street
Architecture
The distinctive bay windows provide light into the building's interior spaces, and the combination of a granite facade for the lower floors and brick facade for the upper stories helps lighten the load placed on the internal steel framework.[4] The north and south walls of tile are supported on steel cantilevers that carry the load back to the internal supporting structure.
The versatility and strength of metal frame construction made the skyscraper possible, as evidenced by this structure, which reaches the then-astounding height of 16 stories in 1891. Its architect was a pioneer in the development of tall buildings.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2006-03-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Manhattan Building. Chicago Landmarks (URL accessed 9 July 2006).
- ^ Manhattan Building, Chicago. Emporis Buildings (URL accessed 9 July 2006).Manhattan Building, 431 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL. American Memory from the Library of Congress (URL accessed 9 July 2006).
- ^ a b "Manhattan Building". http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/M/Manhattan.html. Retrieved March 2, 2007.
See also
- Chicago architecture
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