Second Leiter Building

Second Leiter Building

Infobox_nrhp | name =Leiter II Building
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =Leiter II Building, South State & East Congress Streets, Chicago "(HABS photo)"
location= Chicago, Illinois
lat_degrees = 41 | lat_minutes = 52 | lat_seconds = 35.04 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 87 | long_minutes = 37 | long_seconds = 38.56 | long_direction = W
area =
built =1889
architect= William LeBaron Jenney
designated= January 7, 1976cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1615&ResourceType=Building
title=Leiter II Building|accessdate=2008-07-20|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = January 7, 1976
governing_body = Private
refnum=76000695cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2006-03-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The Second Leiter Building, also known as Leiter II Building and the Sears Building, is located at the northeast corner of South State Street and East Congress Street in Chicago, Illinois. (not to be confused with Sears Tower). This landmark of the Chicago school of architecture has gained its fame for being one of the first commercial buildings still standing in the United States to have a metal skeleton frame.

Built in 1891 by Levi Leiter the Second Leiter Building was designed by architect William LeBaron Jenney who implemented the skeletal frame made of steel to make the design fireproof. The building was leased by Sears, Roebuck and Company. to become its flagship department store and still stands to this day. Its predecessor the First Leiter Building was built at Wells and Monroe in 1879 but unlike its successor the building was demolished in 1972. The Second Leiter Building was designated a landmark on January 14, 1997. The building is now home to Robert Morris College.

See also

* Chicago architecture

References

External links

* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hh:@field(DOCID+@lit(IL0057)) Leiter II Building] Historic American Building Survey
* [http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceID=1615&resourceType=Building Leiter II Building] National Historic Landmark designation on January 7, 1976


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