Monadnock Building

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Chicago School building commercial building historic building office building skyscraper

The Monadnock Building is a landmark late-19th-century Chicago skyscraper renowned for its massive load-bearing brick walls and its role in the development of modern high-rise architecture.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chicago School building → commercial building → historic building → office building → skyscraper →
architect	Burnham and Root → Holabird & Roche →
architecturalStyle	Chicago School → Commercial Style →
city	Chicago →
completionDate	1891 → 1893 →
constructionStartDate	1889 →
country	United States →
floorCountNorthSection	16 →
floorCountSouthSection	16 →
hasArchitecturalFeature	curved bay windows → tapered brick walls →
hasCoordinateLocation	41.878°N 87.629°W →
hasPart	north half of Monadnock Building → south half of Monadnock Building →
height	approximately 197 feet →
heritageDesignation	Chicago Landmark → National Historic Landmark → National Register of Historic Places listing →
inception	1891 →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Loop, Chicago →
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone →
locatedOnStreet	South Dearborn Street → West Jackson Boulevard →
location	Chicago → Illinois → United States →
materialUsed	brick → load-bearing masonry → steel →
namedAfter	Mount Monadnock →
numberOfFloors	16 →
owner	private owner →
partOf	Printing House Row District →
significantFor	minimalist exterior design → role in development of modern high-rise architecture → transition from load-bearing masonry to steel-frame construction → use of massive load-bearing brick walls →
state	Illinois →
streetAddress	209 South Dearborn Street → 53 West Jackson Boulevard →
use	office space →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Daniel Burnham →	architectOf
Chicago School architecture →	hasNotableWork
Burnham and Root →	notableWork