Old Colony Building (Chicago)

Old Colony Building (Chicago)
Old Colony Buildings
Chicago Landmark
Old Colony Building (Chicago) is located in Illinois
Location: Chicago, IL
Coordinates: 41°52′35.78″N 87°37′44.34″W / 41.8766056°N 87.6289833°W / 41.8766056; -87.6289833Coordinates: 41°52′35.78″N 87°37′44.34″W / 41.8766056°N 87.6289833°W / 41.8766056; -87.6289833
Built: 1893
Architect: Holabird & Roche
Architectural style: Chicago
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 76000701 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP: January 2, 1976
Designated CL: July 7, 1978

The Old Colony Building is 17-story landmark building in the Chicago Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. Designed by the architectural firm Holabird & Roche in 1893-94, it stood at approximately 215 feet and was the tallest building in Chicago at the time it was built.[2] The building was designated a Chicago Landmark on July 7, 1978.[3]

HABS photo in 1964

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1] It is directly across the street to the west of the Harold Washington Library. The address of the Old Colony Building is 407 S. Dearborn Street and the GIS coordinates are +41.876657-87.629006.

Notes

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ "The Old Colony Building". Chief Engineers Association of Chicagoland. 2009. http://www.chiefengineer.org/article.cfm?seqnum1=525. Retrieved 2009-10-23. 
  3. ^ "Old Colony Building". City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2003. http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/O/OldColony.html. Retrieved 2007-05-07. 

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