Monadnock Building
General Information
| Structural Type: |
northern part: Load bearing masonry wall structure southern part: Frame |
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| Function / usage: |
Office building
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| Completed in: | 1891 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA, North America |
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| Address: | 53 West Jackson Boulevard |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 65.575 m |
Materials
| inside frame |
steel
|
|---|---|
| façade |
masonry
|
Participants
General contractor
Relevant Web Sites
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archINFORM: Monadnock Building
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Great Buildings Online: Monadnock Building
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HABS: Monadnock Block, 53 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL
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Monadnock Building (Mary Ann Sullivan)
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Wikipedia: Monadnock Building
Relevant Publications
- The Architecture of John Wellborn Root, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore (USA), 1973; pp. 155-176
- "Built Mostly of Itself", in "Construction History", 2010 v. 24
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000044 |
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| Created: | 28/10/1998 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |