Phelps-Dodge-Palmer Building, 200 West Adams Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: Architect Edward Burling, who was trained as a carpenter-builder, established a successful practice in Chicago. His partner, Francis M. Whitehouse, was a former office designer in the firm. The Phelps-Dodge-Palmer Building, designed by Burling & Whitehouse in 1888, is an excellent example of a downtown commercial loft structure of that period. The style of the building, with its brown brick and terra cotta facades, relates closely to the work of Richardson and Burnham & Root of the same era.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-149

Survey number: HABS IL-1124

Building/structure dates: 1984 Demolished

Building/structure dates: 1868 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: ca. 1920- ca. 1929 Subsequent Work

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