Marquette Building, Chicago
- Title:
- Marquette Building, Chicago
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Holabird & Roche (American architectural firm, established 1883, renamed 1928)
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1895 (photograph)
1895 (building)
- Location:
- Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 10035007
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00154
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 10035007.jpg
- Style/Period:
- Chicago School
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- Architecture
cityscapes (representations)
cityscapes (representations)
skyscrapers
office buildings
awnings
Marquette Building, Chicago, Illinois
photographs - Measurement:
- 23.6 x 18.9 (centimeters)
- Description:
- "In this building, an appropriate exterior aesthetic expression for the then-new, steel-framed skyscraper was found. The facade clearly reveals its underlying structure--with broad windows set in a framework of narrow piers and spandrels. Its open and well-lit interior layout, built around a central light court, significantly influenced the design of modern high-rise commercial structures. The building is named for Jacques Marquette, a French Jesuit missionary and explorer who, in 1674-75, wintered in the area that is now Chicago. The lobby is decorated with mosaic panels made by the Tiffany firm and bronze heads of native Americans, animals, and early explorers." Address: 140 S. Dearborn St. (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.