680 N Lake Shore Drive

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680 N Lake Shore Drive
(April 2010)
Alternative names	American Furniture Mart
General information
Status	Completed
Architectural style	neo-gothic
Address	680 North Lake Shore Drive
Construction started	1922
Completed	1926
Height
Architectural	474 ft
Technical details
Floor count	29
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Nimmons & Co.

680 N Lake Shore Drive (a.k.a. Lake Shore Place) is a 29-story building located in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Originally named the American Furniture Mart, was completed in 1926. The two halves were designed separately: the eastern half by Raeder, George C. Nimmons, and Max Dunning; and the western half by Nimmons and Dunning alone.^[1] At 474 ft (144 m) tall and encompassing the entire block between Lake Shore Drive and McClurg Court, it was the largest building in the world when it was completed.