Reliance Building, Chicago
- Title:
- Reliance Building, Chicago
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Root, John Wellborn (American architect, 1850-1891)
Atwood, Charles B. (American architect, 1848-1895)
- Creation Date:
- 1894-1895 (building)
ca. 1895 (photograph)
- Location:
- Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 10035006
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00153
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 10035006.jpg
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- Architecture
skyscrapers
cityscapes (representations)
Reliance Building, Chicago, Illinois
pedestrians
office buildings
photographs - Measurement:
- 23.495 x 18.5 (centimeters)
- Description:
- "To Chicagoans of the 1890s, the glass-covered exterior of this building seemed to almost defy gravity. A century later, it is internationally recognized as the direct ancestor of today's glass-and-steel skyscrapers. Extremely narrow piers, mullions, and spandrels, all covered with c ream-colored terra cotta decorated with Gothic-style tracery, divide wide expanses of glass and clearly delineate the interior steel framework that supports the building. The light and airy facade is almost entirely windows--both flat and projecting bays--of the type known as a "Chicago window:" a w ide fixed pane with narrow movable sash windows flanking it. A flat cornice tops the 14-story structure. The severely deteriorated exterior was completely restored by the City of Chicago in 1996." (Source: City of Chicago, Chicago Landmarks website: )
- Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.