Manhattan Building

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The Manhattan Building (right) on South Dearborn Street
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The Manhattan Building (right) on South Dearborn Street

The Manhattan Building is a 16-story building at 431 South Dearborn Street in Chicago, Illinois. It was designed by architect William Le Baron Jenney and constructed 1889–1891[1]. It is the oldest surviving skyscraper in the world to use a purely skeletal supporting structure[2], the north and south walls of tile being supported on steel cantilevers that carry the load back to the internal supporting structure[3].

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  1. ^ Manhattan Building. Chicago Landmarks (URL accessed 9 July 2006).
  2. ^ Manhattan Building, Chicago. Emporis Buildings (URL accessed 9 July 2006).
  3. ^ Manhattan Building, 431 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL. American Memory from the Library of Congress (URL accessed 9 July 2006).

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