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entrance, Tree Studio Building (1894), 4 East Ohio Street, Chicago, Illinois
built to convince visiting artists working at the 1893 Columbian Exposition to make Chicago their permanent residence • compound built in 3 stages 1894-1913 • Queen Anne main building designed by Parfitt Brothers, with Bauer & Hill, Chicago • English Arts and Crafts style annexes designed by Hill & Woltersdorf, completed 1912 & 1913 • property had been backyard of Judge Lambert Tree, civic leader, great-grandfather of model Penelope Tree (other great-grandfather was retailer Marshall Field)…
1920s Buildings New York
The world’s first skyscraper - 10-storey, 42m tall Home Insurance Building (1885) designed by William Le Baron Jenney. The building, in Chicago, Illinois, was the first building to use structural steel in its frame, and the majority of its structure was composed of cast and wrought iron. Technological improvements enabled the construction of fireproofed iron-framed structures with deep foundations, equipped with new inventions such as the elevator and electric lighting.
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