Marshall Field Wholesale Store, Chicago

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The Marshall Field Wholesale Store in Chicago was a landmark 19th-century commercial building designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, celebrated as a seminal work of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture.

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Marshall Field Wholesale Store 29 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commercial building
historic building
warehouse
architect Henry Hobson Richardson NERFINISHED
architecturalFeature arcaded facades
deeply recessed windows
emphasis on structural expression
large rhythmic window openings
massive masonry walls
round arches
rusticated stone base
architecturalStyle Richardsonian Romanesque
Neo-Romanesque
surface form: Romanesque Revival architecture
associatedWith Chicago School architecture
surface form: Chicago School of architecture

development of modern commercial architecture
category 19th-century architecture in the United States
Romanesque Revival buildings in Illinois
former building and structure in Chicago
client Marshall Field
surface form: Marshall Field and Company
country United States of America
influenced late 19th-century commercial architecture in the United States
influencedBy Romanesque architecture
location City of Chicago
surface form: Chicago

Illinois
namedAfter Marshall Field
significance landmark 19th-century commercial building
seminal work of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture
use warehouse for dry goods
wholesale store

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Richardsonian Romanesque notableExample Marshall Field Wholesale Store, Chicago
Henry Hobson Richardson notableWork Marshall Field Wholesale Store, Chicago
this entity surface form: Marshall Field Wholesale Store