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U.S. Post Office, Customs House & Sub-Treasury, 218 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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U.S. Post Office, Customs House & Sub-Treasury, 218 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

description

Summary

Significance: The building was one of the few examples in Chicago of a large public building designed in the Beaux Arts classical style, which became increasingly popular after the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.
Survey number: HABS IL-1040
Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1965 Demolished

date_range

Date

1905 - 1980

person

Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

Cobb, Henry Ives

Sooy

Van Ingen

place

Location

chicago, 41.87911, -87.62936

Google Map of 41.8791054, -87.6293556

create

Source

Library of Congress

link

Link

http://www.loc.gov/

copyright

Copyright info

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