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Throughout the late 19th century, Holabird and Roche developed and refined the style of the tall commercial office building while constructing dozens in Chicago. The Marquette Building, the Old Colony Building and the southern half of the Monadnock Building were all constructed with a steel skeleton, clad with fireproof terra cotta, and ...
Mar 17, 2003 · Chicago Tribune, November 19, 1893. FOURTEEN STORY STRUCTURE TO BE KNOWN AS THE MARQUETTE BUILDING. Honorè Block, now being demolished, will be fourteen stories high, with a substructure of steel. It will have a frontage on Dearborn street of 190 feet and on Adams street of 114 feet.
About the image Marquette Building, circa 1900. Landmarks Illinois. Completed in 1895, the Marquette Building was Chicago’s premiere commercial site. Its rich artwork celebrated Chicago’s early history, inhabitants, and explorers. And, in many ways, it represented the City’s ambition to rise beyond stockyards and railroads to rival Europe ...
Notes. - Significance: A typical Chicago School building, the Marquette stands as an artistically-conceived expression of its underlying steel frame. Not only was the building a pioneering effort in the use of the steel frame, but it was a pioneer in design. The firm of Holabird and Roche, one of Chicago's most well-known architectural firms ...
Located at 140 South Dearborn Street in Chicago’s downtown Loop district, the exhibit is free and open to the public from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. The Chicago Architecture Foundation offers guided tours of the historic Marquette Building, as well as related tours that place the Marquette Building in historical and architectural context.
Marquette Building. Address: 140 S. Dearborn St. Year Built: 1895. Architect: Holabird & Roche. Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: June 9, 1975. In this building, an appropriate exterior aesthetic expression for the then-new, steel-framed skyscraper was found. The facade clearly reveals its underlying structure--with broad windows set in a ...
Established in 1895. MacArthur's offices are located in the historic and beautiful Marquette Building, a Chicago landmark and one of the city's first skyscrapers. Designed and built by Holabird & Roche in 1895, it was named for the French Jesuit missionary and explorer Jacques Marquette. In 1975, Banker's Life and Casualty Company, owned by John D. MacArthur, acquired the Marquette Building ...
- 140 S Dearborn St Chicago, IL 60603
