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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
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Phase of works
Role
Name
Part of structure
William Le Baron Jenney
Technical information
Description
Value
Construction materials used
inside frame
steel
façade
masonry
Dimensions
height
55 m
number of floors (above ground)
10
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Relevant Literature
Dupré, Judith
Skyscrapers
(2
nd
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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