Pontiac Building, 542 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Summary
Significance: One of the early structures erected by the firm of Holabird and Roche, this skyscraper shows an unusual development of the wall into two-bay-wide oriels supported on rich foliated terra cotta brackets.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-127
Survey number: HABS IL-1102
Building/structure dates: 1891 Initial Construction
Nothing Found.
Tags
offices
commercial facilities
skyscrapers
chicago
pontiac
dearborn
south dearborn street
cook county
illinois
george fuller and company
historic american buildings survey
william holabird
corydon t purdy
martin roche
photo
architecture
commercial buildings architeture
blueprint
library of congress
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Holabird, William
Roche, Martin
Purdy, Corydon T
George Fuller & Company
Location
chicago
,
41.87477, -87.62948
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html