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Window Bay Fragment from Home Insurance Building
Specifications
Window Bay Fragment from Home Insurance Building
Category
Art, Architecture, and Design
Classification
CHENHALL - Built Environment Objects - Building Components - Supporting Elements - Column
CHENHALL - Built Environment Objects - Building Components - Supporting Elements - Beam
CHENHALL - Built Environment Objects - Building Components - Supporting Elements - Lintel
CHENHALL - Built Environment Objects - Building Components - Door & Window Elements - Mullion
CHENHALL - Built Environment Objects - Building Components - Construction Materials - Brick
Object Origin
Jenney, William Le Baron
1885
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Physical Characteristics
Object Description: Original structural elements of a skyscraper building including two (2) vertical rectangular columns, one (1) vertical mullion [decorative middle element], two (2) vertical round columns, two (2) horizontal lintels, two (2) horizontal I beams, one (1) horizontal c channel beam, one (1) decorative terracotta facade panel, various bricks for facade. Not all elements on view.
Measurements: Current Installation:
Height: 10 ft 1 in, Length: 12 ft, Depth: 19 in
Weight: 5,762 lbs
Credit
Gift of Marshall Field Estate, 31.927
Display Status
On Exhibit
Window Bay Fragment from Home Insurance Building
About: Window Bay Fragment from Home Insurance Building
About: Window Bay Fragment from Home Insurance Building
Chicago’s Home Insurance Building is considered the world’s first skyscraper. Designed by architect William Le Baron Jenney (1832-1907), this 11-story building stood on the corner of Adams and LaSalle Streets in Chicago from 1885 until its demolition in 1931.
The building marks an important milestone in the growth of America’s cities, representing the transition from iron to structural steel at the end of the 19th century through Jenney’s use of both cast iron and Bessemer steel beams. Because steel was lighter, stronger and more durable than iron, buildings could soar even higher above the street level.
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