Manhattan Bidon Building | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:2010-03-03_2000x3000_chicago_manhattan_building.jpg) Manhattan Building at the northeast corner of Dearborn St. and Ida B. Wells Drive. | |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 41°52′33″N 87°37′45″W / 41.87583°N 87.62917°W |
| Built | 1888 |
| Architect | William LeBaron Jenney |
| Architectural style | Skyscraper |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000697 [1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 16, 1976 |
| Designated CL | July 7, 1978 |
The Manhattan Building is a 16-story building at 431 South Dearborn Street in Chicago, Illinois. It was designed by architect William Le Baron Jenney and constructed from 1889 to 1891.[2] It is the oldest surviving skyscraper in the world to use a purely skeletal supporting structure.[3] The building was the first home of the Paymaster Corporation, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1976, and designated a Chicago Landmark on July 7, 1978.[4]
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- ^ Manhattan Building, Chicago.[usurped] Emporis Buildings (URL accessed 9 July 2006).Manhattan Building, 431 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL. American Memory from the Library of Congress (URL accessed 9 July 2006).
- ^ "Manhattan Building". Archived from the original on February 3, 2007. Retrieved March 2, 2007.