Home Insurance Building
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The Home Insurance Building was a pioneering late-19th-century Chicago skyscraper often regarded as the world's first modern high-rise due to its innovative steel-frame construction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Home Insurance Building canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
demolished building
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high-rise building ⓘ office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| architect | William Le Baron Jenney ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Chicago School of Architecture
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago School
Commercial Style ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1885 ⓘ |
| cornerOf |
LaSalle Street
ⓘ
surface form:
LaSalle Street and Adams Street
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| demolitionDate | 1931 ⓘ |
| elevationType | high-rise ⓘ |
| floorCount |
10
ⓘ
12 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
masonry cladding
ⓘ
steel frame ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
milestone in the history of architecture
ⓘ
milestone in the history of structural engineering ⓘ |
| height |
138 ft
ⓘ
42 m ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | considered a landmark in structural engineering ⓘ |
| inception | 1884 ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of skyscrapers in Chicago
ⓘ
development of skyscrapers in the United States ⓘ modern high-rise structural design ⓘ |
| innovation | use of metal frame to support both internal and external loads ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locationStreet |
Adams Street
ⓘ
LaSalle Street ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
brick
ⓘ
iron ⓘ steel ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first use of steel-frame construction in a tall office building
ⓘ
often regarded as the world’s first modern skyscraper ⓘ |
| numberOfElevators | 2 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1885 ⓘ |
| owner | Home Insurance Company ⓘ |
| partOf | Chicago Loop ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Field Building ⓘ |
| startDate | 1884 ⓘ |
| status | demolished ⓘ |
| structuralSystem |
load-bearing metal frame
ⓘ
steel-frame construction ⓘ |
| use | commercial offices ⓘ |
| yearOfDemolition | 1931 ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.