Wainwright Building

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early skyscraper historic building office building

The Wainwright Building is a pioneering early skyscraper in St. Louis, Missouri, celebrated as a landmark of the Chicago School and modern architectural design.

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Label Occurrences
Wainwright Building canonical 5
Wainwright Building Annex 1
Wainwright Building Annex Annex 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early skyscraper ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
office building ⓘ
architect Dankmar Adler ⓘ
Louis Sullivan ⓘ
architecturalStyle Chicago School architecture ⓘ
surface form: Chicago School

early modern architecture ⓘ
category Chicago School architecture in Missouri ⓘ
National Historic Landmarks in Missouri ⓘ
skyscraper in St. Louis ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: USA

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designedBy Adler & Sullivan ⓘ
era late 19th century architecture ⓘ
function office use ⓘ
genre commercial architecture ⓘ
hasFacade red brick ⓘ
terra cotta ornament ⓘ
hasFeature horizontal spandrel panels ⓘ
strong vertical piers ⓘ
tripartite skyscraper composition ⓘ
hasPart ground-floor retail base ⓘ
ornamented cornice ⓘ
vertical office shaft ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
heritageStatus protected historic structure ⓘ
inception 1890s ⓘ
influenced later skyscraper design ⓘ
locatedIn Missouri ⓘ
Saint Louis City ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
material steel frame ⓘ
terra cotta cladding ⓘ
namedAfter Ellis Wainwright ⓘ
owner Missouri ⓘ
surface form: State of Missouri
roofType flat roof ⓘ
significance landmark of the Chicago School ⓘ
milestone in modern architectural design ⓘ
pioneering early skyscraper ⓘ
state Missouri ⓘ
use government offices ⓘ
state office building ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chicago School architecture → hasNotableWork → Wainwright Building ⓘ
Louis Sullivan → notableWork → Wainwright Building ⓘ
Downtown St. Louis, Missouri → hasLandmark → Wainwright Building ⓘ
Adler & Sullivan → notableWork → Wainwright Building ⓘ
Louis → notableWork → Wainwright Building ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Sullivan
Louis → notableWork → Wainwright Building ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Sullivan
this entity surface form: Wainwright Building Annex
Louis → notableWork → Wainwright Building ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Sullivan
this entity surface form: Wainwright Building Annex Annex