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Chicago Water Tower and Chicago Avenue Pumping Station, circa 1886 The tower in comparison to other high rises in the area, September 2013. The tower, built in 1869 by architect William W. Boyington from yellowing Lemont limestone, [2] is 182.5 feet (55 m) tall. [3] Inside was a 138-foot (42 m) high standpipe to hold water.
The Union Stock Yard Gate is located on Chicago's South Side, on a plaza in the center of Exchange Avenue at its junction with Peoria Street. This position marked the principal eastern entrance to the stock yards, which occupied several hundred acres to the west. It is a limestone construction with a central main arch flanked by two smaller arches.
Chicago: 1854 Church Oldest surviving church in Chicago Iglehart House: Chicago: 1857 Residence University Hall: Evanston: 1869 College building Oldest building on the campus of Northwestern University: Chicago Water Tower: Chicago: 1869 Utility Chicago Avenue Pumping Station: Chicago: 1869 Utility Delaware Building: Chicago: 1872 Commercial ...
In total, 70,000 cubic feet of stone was chiseled and shaped with intricate patterns and designs. Once the stones were sculpted, they were shipped to Chicago. [6] In total, 40,000 pieces of stone were shipped to Chicago, where they were fitted together like a 3D jigsaw puzzle. [6]
The apartments typically have the same layout with a large living and dining room area at the front, the kitchen at the back and the bedrooms running down one side of the unit. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Illinois Institute of Technology [11] campus in Chicago influenced the later Modern or International style. Van der Rohe's work is sometimes ...
Oldest stone American Colonial house; [9] oldest house in Connecticut. Lower Swedish Cabin: Upper Darby: PA 1640 c. Residential One of the earliest extant examples of Swedish log construction in the United States, believed to be the oldest building in Pennsylvania. [10] Richard Sparrow House: Plymouth: MA 1640 Residential Oldest house in ...
In Chicago, there are roughly 30,000 greystones, usually built as a semi- or fully detached townhouse. [2] The term "greystone" is also used to refer to buildings in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (known in French as pierre grise). It refers to the grey limestone facades of many buildings, both residential and institutional, constructed between 1730 ...
The Historic Michigan Boulevard District is a historic district in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States encompassing Michigan Avenue between 11th (1100 south in the street numbering system) or Roosevelt Road (1200 south), depending on the source, and Randolph Streets (150 north) and named after the nearby Lake Michigan.