South Dearborn Street

Monday, April 6, 2009

South Dearborn Street

The South Dearborn Street [between Jackson Blvd and W Congress Pkwy] has many designated Chicago Landmark structures which reflect some early skyscrapers and some of the finest achievements of the "Chicago School" of architects... Like:
# Monadnock Block.. by Burnham and Root (north section) and Holabird and Roche (south section), one of the largest masonry bearing-wall structures ever built.
# Fisher Building.. by Daniel Burnham, an early curtain-wall structure ..
# Old Colony Building.. by Holabird and Roche, using Corydon Purdy's wind bracing system ..
# Manhatten Building.. by William Le Baron Jenny, the first complete steel skeleton building, with wind bracing ..

Each of these four buildings has been designated as a Chicago Landmark building ...

Monadnock Block ...
Address: 53 W. Jackson Blvd.
Year Built:
North half 1889-91..
South half 1891-93 ...
Architect:
North half: Burnham & Root
South half: Holabird & Roche
Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: November 14, 1973...
For more on Monadnock Block, click here..

Fisher Building...
Address: 343 S. Dearborn St.
Year Built: 1896, North addition, 1907
Architect: Burnham & Co. .. North addition: Peter Weber,
Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: June 7, 1978..
For more on Fisher Building, click here ..
Fisher Building - Sculptural ornamentation

Old Colony Building ..
Address: 407 S. Dearborn St.
Year Built: 1894
Architect: Holabird & Roche
Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: July 7, 1978..
For more on Old Colony Building, click here..