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| Essential Architecture- Chicago Loop South Delaware Building | |
architect | Wheelock and Thomas |
location | 36 W. Randolph St. |
date | 1872-74 |
style | Italianate |
construction | precast concrete facade |
type | Office Building |
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| One of the few Loop structures surviving from the massive rebuilding that followed the Fire of 1871, this Italianate-style building is also an early example of the use of a precast concrete facade in Chicago. An 1889 remodeling made it competitive with newer and larger commercial buildings by adding two floors, a dramatic steel-framed interior atrium, and redesigning the first two floors. | |
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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