Brooks Building - Chicago, IL
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cldisme
N 41° 52.681 W 087° 38.110
16T E 447296 N 4636427
The Brooks Building was built in 1910 and is an early example of Chicago School of architecture.
Waymark Code: WM29G8
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/27/2007
Views: 22
Completed in 1910, the Brooks Building is a remarkably intact example of a Chicago School-style structure, which was an architectural movement of international importance that developed here between the 1880s and the early 1900s.
The building was commissioned by Boston developers Peter and Shepard Brooks, who built many of Chicago's most innovative structures. It was designed by Holabird & Roche, who were instrumental in the so-called Chicago School of architecture.
The building, which is notable for its finely detailed orange-brown and green colored terra cotta ornament, large windows, and minimal wall surfaces, epitomizes the early steel-framed skyscraper.
Each pier on the façade is subdivided in the gothic manner into smaller columns, with a flourish of ornament at the top under the cornice.
Street address:
223 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL USA
County / Borough / Parish: Cook
Year listed: 1982
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1900-1924
Historic function: Commerce/Trade
Current function: Commerce/Trade
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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