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Home Insurance Building

Quick Facts
City  Chicago
Country  USA
Year  1884 - 1885
Height  55,0m / 180ft
Floors  12
Realisation
Architect  William Le Baron Jenney
Building Info
Name  Home Insurance Building
Category  Office Building
Materials  steel
stone
Address  Northeast corner of LaSalle and Adams Streets
Notes
Considered the first skyscraper in the world.
The top 2 stories were added later.
Demolished in 1931.