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Structure-ID: s0000238
Created on: 18/05/99
Modified on: 28/02/07


Home Insurance Building

Completed in: 1885
Status: demolished (1931)
Location: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
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Structural Type:
Frame structure
Function / usage:
Office building

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
  William Le Baron Jenney

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DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
inside frame  steel
façade  masonry
Dimensions
  height 55 m
  number of floors (above ground) 10

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External LinkPBS: Building Big - Home Insurance Building English
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External LinkWikipedia: בניין ביטוח הבית Hebrew
External Link维基百科: 家庭保險大樓 Chinese

Relevant Literature
* Dupré, Judith   Skyscrapers (2nd edition), Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., New York (USA) , ISBN 1579127878, 2008; pp. 16-17.
* Dupré, Judith   Skyscrapers, Black Dog & Loventhal, New York (USA) , ISBN 1884822452, 1996; pp. 14-15.

 
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