Ludington Building
Appearance
Ludington Building | |
Location | 1104 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL |
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Coordinates | 41°52′8.14″N 87°37′34.83″W / 41.8689278°N 87.6263417°W |
Built | 1892 |
Architect | Jenney & Mundie |
Architectural style | Chicago |
NRHP reference No. | 80001347 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 8, 1980 |
Designated CL | June 10, 1996 |
The Ludington Building in Chicago, Illinois is a steel-frame building that is the oldest surviving structure of its kind in the city.[2] It is located in the Chicago Loop community area. It was designed by William Le Baron Jenney and was named a Chicago Landmark on June 10, 1996.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1980. The Ludington Building "was commissioned by Mary Ludington Barnes for the American Book Company";[2] presently it is one of twenty[3] buildings that comprise the campus of Columbia College Chicago.[4]
References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b c "Ludington Building". City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2003. Archived from the original on June 7, 2007. Retrieved May 14, 2007.
- ^ "Campus Map". Columbia College Chicago. Archived from the original on June 13, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ^ "Ludington Building History Page". Columbia College Chicago Library. 2006. Retrieved August 15, 2009.
External links
[edit]Media related to Ludington Building at Wikimedia Commons
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- Architectural history
- Commercial buildings completed in 1891
- Chicago school architecture in Illinois
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago
- Chicago Landmarks
- University and college academic buildings in the United States
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- Cook County, Illinois Registered Historic Place stubs