Schulze Baking Company Plant - Chicago, IL - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Excerpts from wikipedia:
The building is a white terra cotta structure designed by John Ahlschlager in 1914 for the Schulze Baking Company. The terra cotta walls were five storeys high. The building featured blue lettering, foliated cornice ornamentation, and stringcourses of rosettes. The building uses 700 windows grouped to complement the ornamentation's allusion to themes of nature and purity. The ornamentation is considered abstract, Sullivanesque and modern.

The original flooring is made of reinforced concrete.

The building shows signs of neglect and is surrounded by a covered walkway, perhaps to protect passersby. The neighborhood has declined over the years as well. Hopefully a way will be found to preserve the building and that this will help revive the area.

Another good photo essay and commentary is at A Chicago Sojourn:
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The building caught my attention one day when driving by and I was happy to later learn that it was a National Register site.

Street address: 40 E. Garfield Blvd. Chicago, IL USA County / Borough / Parish: Cook County Year listed: 1982 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person Periods of significance: 1900-1924 Historic function: Agriculture/Subsistence Current function: Agriculture/Subsistence Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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