Carson Pirie Scott Building

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Chicago School architecture commercial building department store building historic building landmark

The Carson Pirie Scott Building is a landmark Chicago department store structure renowned for its steel-frame construction and elaborate cast-iron ornamentation, exemplifying the Chicago School of architecture.

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Label Occurrences
Carson Pirie Scott Building canonical 6
Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building 4
Marshall Field and Company Building 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chicago School architecture ⓘ
commercial building ⓘ
department store building ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Carson Pirie Scott Building ⓘ
surface form: Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building

Sullivan Center ⓘ
architect Louis Sullivan ⓘ
architecturalStyle Chicago School of Architecture ⓘ
surface form: Chicago School

early modern architecture ⓘ
associatedArchitect Dankmar Adler ⓘ
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White ⓘ
ChicagoLandmarkDesignationDate 1975 ⓘ
completionDate 1904 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasFeature horizontal emphasis in façade design ⓘ
ornamental ground-floor façade ⓘ
rounded corner at State and Madison Streets ⓘ
heritageDesignation Chicago Landmark ⓘ
National Historic Landmark ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
influenced 20th-century commercial architecture ⓘ
influencedBy Louis Sullivan’s organic ornament theory ⓘ
laterUse office space ⓘ
retail space ⓘ
location Chicago ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
material cast iron ⓘ
steel ⓘ
terra cotta ⓘ
NationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationDate 1975 ⓘ
neighborhood Loop ⓘ
notableFor corner entrance with decorative ironwork ⓘ
elaborate cast-iron ornamentation ⓘ
large Chicago-style windows ⓘ
NRHPListingDate 1970 ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 70000233 ⓘ
numberOfFloors 12 ⓘ
openingDate 1904 ⓘ
originalFunction department store ⓘ
originalOccupant Carson Pirie Scott ⓘ
surface form: Carson Pirie Scott & Company
owner various private owners over time ⓘ
partOf State Street shopping district ⓘ
surface form: State Street commercial district
startDateOfConstruction 1899 ⓘ
state Illinois ⓘ
streetAddress South State Street ⓘ
surface form: 1 South State Street
structuralSystem steel frame ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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Chicago School architecture → hasNotableWork → Carson Pirie Scott Building ⓘ
Louis Sullivan → notableWork → Carson Pirie Scott Building ⓘ
East Washington Street → hasNearbyLandmark → Carson Pirie Scott Building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marshall Field and Company Building
State Street → hasLandmark → Carson Pirie Scott Building ⓘ
subject surface form: State Street (Chicago)
Sullivan Center → hasPart → Carson Pirie Scott Building ⓘ
Sullivan Center → formerName → Carson Pirie Scott Building ⓘ
Carson Pirie Scott Building → alsoKnownAs → Carson Pirie Scott Building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building
Louis → notableWork → Carson Pirie Scott Building ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Sullivan
this entity surface form: Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building
Schlesinger & Mayer Store → alsoKnownAs → Carson Pirie Scott Building ⓘ
Schlesinger & Mayer Store → alsoKnownAs → Carson Pirie Scott Building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building
Carson Pirie Scott → architecturalAssociation → Carson Pirie Scott Building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building