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Fair Store, 126-144 South State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Location126-144 South State Street,
Chicago, IL
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS IL-1060
Building/structure dates:
1890 initial construction
Significance: The Fair was designed by the firm of Jenney and Mundie in 1890. At the time of its completion, the building was one of the largest steel-framed structures in Chicago, as well as one of the largest commissions carried out by the firm.
Subjects
Department Stores
Related Names
Jenney, William LeBaron
Mundie, W. B.
Lehman, E. J.
George A. Fuller Company
Perkins & Will
Montgomery Ward & Company
Rudd, J. William, Historian
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. Historic American Buildings Survey Harold Allen, Photographer 22 June 1964 SOUTHWEST CORNER -- DEARBORN AND ADAMS STREETS SOUTH AND WEST ELEVATIONS
2. Historic American Buildings Survey Harold Allen, Photographer 22 June 1964 SOUTHWEST CORNER -- DEARBORN AND ADAMS STREETS WEST ELEVATION
3. Historic American Buildings Survey Harold Allen, Photographer 24 May 1964 SOUTH DOOR IN WEST (DEARBORN STREET) SIDE
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