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Title: Reliance Building, 32 North State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Creator(s): Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Related Names:
Burnham & Root
Atwood, Charles B
Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 1933
Measured Drawing(s): 4
Data Page(s): 13
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
Notes:
Significance: An important example of the early Chicago School, it anticipates future developments in skyscraper design. Terra cotta was employed for exterior surfacing for the first time in this building. The Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks has cited it: 'In recognition of the early and complete expression, through slender piers, small spandrels, and the skillfully restrained use of terra cotta with large areas of glass, of the structural cage of steel that alone supports such buildings.'
Survey number: HABS IL-1029
Building/structure dates: ca. 1894 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000237
Subjects:
Offices
Stores & shops
Chicago School architectural elements
Place:
Illinois -- Cook County -- Chicago
Latitude/Longitude: 41.85, -87.65
Bookmark /il0041/ 8x12 inches.
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Source: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
