Jewelers' Building

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Jewelers' Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Jewelers' Building (USA)
Jewelers' Building
Location: 15-19 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL
Coordinates: 41°52′53″N 87°37′33.01″W / 41.88139, -87.6258361Coordinates: 41°52′53″N 87°37′33.01″W / 41.88139, -87.6258361
Built/Founded: 1881
Architect: Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan
Architectural style(s): No Style Listed
Added to NRHP: August 07, 1974
NRHP Reference#: 74000752 [1]
Governing body: Private

The Jewelers' Building is the only example of the early work of Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan that survives in the in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The building is a common loft in construction and plan, but its facade departs dramatically from others of its type. An open exterior, using cast iron mullions rather than masonry piers in the central bay, and Sullivan's stylized floral ornament provide distinction.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 07, 1974, and later designated a Chicago Landmark on December 18, 1981.[1][2]

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  1. ^ a b National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  2. ^ a b Chicago Landmarks - Jeweler's Building. Chicago Landmarks. City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. (2007-07-22).
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