Gage Building

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The Gage Building is a historic Chicago skyscraper celebrated as a prime example of early commercial architecture and the Chicago School style.

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Label Occurrences
Gage Building canonical 5
Gage Building Annex 1
Gage Building Annex Annex Annex 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chicago School building
historic building
office building
skyscraper
architect Holabird & Roche
Louis Sullivan
architecturalStyle Chicago School of Architecture
surface form: Chicago School

early commercial style
category Chicago School architecture in Illinois
Commercial buildings completed in 1899
Skyscrapers in Chicago
completionDate 1899
country United States of America
surface form: United States
elevationAboveGround approximately 200 feet
floorAreaType office space
floorCount 16
hasChicagoLandmarkDesignationDate 1996
hasNeighbor Edson Keith Building
Lacaille Building
hasPart Sullivan-designed façade section
heritageDesignation Chicago Landmark
U.S. National Register of Historic Places contributing property
surface form: National Register of Historic Places contributing property
inception 1890s
isPartOfStreetscape Michigan Avenue streetwall
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Loop (Chicago)
surface form: Loop, Chicago
locatedNear Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago Cultural Center
locatedOn Michigan Avenue
location Chicago
Illinois
United States of America
surface form: United States
materialUsed steel frame
terra cotta
namedAfter Gage Brothers
surface form: Gage Brothers & Company
notableFor early commercial skyscraper design
expression of Chicago School principles
ornate Louis Sullivan façade
numberOfFloors 16
originalFunction showrooms for dressmakers
overlooks Grant Park
Millennium Park
partOf Gage Group
Historic Michigan Boulevard District
surface form: Michigan Boulevard Historic District
streetAddress 18 South Michigan Avenue
use commercial
office

Referenced by (8)

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William Holabird notableWork Gage Building
William Holabird notableWork Gage Building
subject surface form: Holabird & Roche
Gage Brothers notableWork Gage Building
Gage Brothers associatedWith Gage Building
Louis notableWork Gage Building
subject surface form: Louis Sullivan
Louis notableWork Gage Building
subject surface form: Louis Sullivan
this entity surface form: Gage Group Buildings
Louis notableWork Gage Building
subject surface form: Louis Sullivan
this entity surface form: Gage Building Annex
Louis notableWork Gage Building
subject surface form: Louis Sullivan
this entity surface form: Gage Building Annex Annex Annex