Delaware Building - Wikipedia
WEBThe Delaware Building is a building in the Chicago Loop built in the massive rebuilding effort after the 1871 Great Chicago Fire. It is significant for being one of the few buildings to maintain its 1870s character, as an Italianate structure, in an area dominated by more modern structures. [2]
Bryant Block (Delaware Building) - Living Landmarks of Chicago
WEBIf you want a taste of what Chicago looked like before the fire, take a gander at the Delaware Building. Ignoring the growth of the city around it, this Italianate beauty has barely been touched and is one of the few structures to retain its 1870s character.
Delaware building is home to thousands of large companies
WEBDec 27, 2018. You wouldn't expect there to be anything special about this tiny brick building at 1209 North Orange Street in Wilmington, Delaware if you drove past it. However, the building...
Delaware Building - Clio
WEBCompleted in 1874, the Delaware Building is one of the post-fire Loop few buildings. The Bryant Block, as it was first known, was designed in the Italianate style by one of Chicago's earliest architectural firms, Wheelock and Thomas.
Delaware Building Chicago - WBEZ
WEBJan 26, 2023 · The Delaware Building is the shape of a giant doughnut with an open center daylit by a rooftop atrium, staircases and walkways on every level.
Bryant Block - chicagology.com
WEBMar 17, 2003 · Significance: The Delaware Building is the only major building in a visually prominent Loop location which has retained its 1870s character. As a representative example of the Italianate style, it provides a complex and varied facade which contrasts nicely with the Miesian qualities of the Civic Center across the street.
Chicago Landmarks - Landmark Details
WEBDelaware Building. One of the few Loop structures surviving from the massive rebuilding that followed the Fire of 1871, this Italianate-style building features a cast-iron base topped with a precast concrete facade on its upper floors.
Four of the Oldest Buildings in the Loop - Chicago Detours
WEBMar 30, 2016 · #4. The Delaware Building. Completed in 1872, during the frenzied reconstruction of the Loop, the Delaware Building is a spectacular time capsule. For anyone who came on our old Loop Interior Architecture Walking Tour, the Delaware was once a neighbor to the now-demolished McCarthy Building on Block 37.
A Walking Tour of Chicago Architecture, Part Three: The Loop …
WEBOct 2, 2015 · The Delaware Building is the oldest surviving building on this tour of Dearborn Street, and serves as a glimpse into what the central business district had looked like in the years immediately...
The Delaware Building - Curbed Chicago
WEBApr 13, 2020 · 150 North Dearborn Street, , IL 60601. The most beautiful historic interiors in Chicago. There’s beauty everywhere: Theaters, fieldhouses, apartments, lobbies and libraries. By Sara Freund April...
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