Home Insurance Building Chicago 1884

Home insurance building 1885 published by sprang printing boston.

Home insurance building chicago 1884. Two floors were added in 1891 bringing it to 138 feet 42 1 metres. Jenney designed the home insurance company building chicago 1884 85. William jenney wins a contest held by the home insurance company in new york for a new building in chicago. The building set precedent in skyscraper construction.

Construction begins in chicago on the home insurance building generally acknowledged as the first steel frame high rise. The world s first skyscraper was the home insurance building in chicago erected in 1884 1885. The building was the first fully metal framed building and is considered the first skyscraper. Minneapolis architect leroy buffington patented the concept of the skeletal frame tall building in 1888 and proposed a 28 story stratosphere scraper a notion mocked by the architectural press of the.

In william le baron jenney. The home insurance building was a skyscraper that stood in chicago from 1885 to 1931. The so called father of the skyscraper towered all of 10 stories with its peak at 138 feet miniature by today s standards but gargantuan at that time. The home insurance building was a skyscraper that stood in chicago from 1885 to 1931.

It was built from 1884 to 1885 enlarged by adding two stories in 1891 and demolished in 1931. Demolished 1931 generally considered to be the world s first tall building supported by an internal frame or skeleton of iron and steel rather than by load bearing walls and the first to incorporate steel as a structural material. The home insurance building was the first structure to be called a skyscraper. It is frequently noted as the first tall building to be supported both inside and outside by a fireproof structural steel and metal frame which included reinforced concrete.

Construction of the home insurance company building is completed. Originally ten stories and 138 ft 42 1 m tall it was designed by william le baron jenney in 1884 and completed the next year. On may 1 1884 construction crews started work on a 10 story office building at the corner of la salle and adan streets in chicago. Jenney is best known for designing the ten story home insurance building in chicago.