OLD COLONY BUILDING

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Title	OLD COLONY BUILDING
View	General side view, from the southwest
Notes	administrative
Work Type	office building skyscraper
Style/Period	Early Modern Chicago School
Creator Name	Holabird & Roche (Chicago, Ill.)
Creator Nationality	American firm
School of Creator	Chicago School
Major Design Aspects	structure expressed vertical thrust
Elements & Spatial Types	Chicago School window oriel bay window
Climate Type	temperate
Country	United States of America
City	Chicago
State/Province	IL
Location.Notes	Dearborn and Van Vuren Streets
Architectural Material	steel, Bedford stone, pressed brick, white terra-cotta
Structural System	steel frame
Dates	1894
Century	19C
Photographer	Scott Gilchrist, Archivision
Date Photographed	9/30/1991
Subject Information	As Chicago School architects, Holabird and Roche sought to reveal the character of the steel skeletal structure while cladding their buildings with an appropriate surface. The 17-story steel frame building is sheathed in Bedford limestone on the first three floors and by gray brick and terra-cotta above that. A two-story colonnade runs along the 15th and 16th floors with a cornice crowning the 17th floor. Oriel windows project from every corner of the building from the third story to the cornice. These rounded corner bays, a feature of many early skyscrapers, enliven the silhouette of this commercial structure. The design's unity derives from the repetition of Chicago windows along the second floor and in the center bay of the north facade. The Old Colony Building's continuous vertical piers divide the building's long Dearborn Street facade into tall, narrow sections, while continuous horizontal spandrels serve to visually widen the narrow Van Buren Street facade. The Old Colony Building was designated a Chicago landmark in 1978. Source: www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/O/OldColony
Credit Line	Archivision Inc. (all images copyright Scott Gilchrist / Archivision.com)
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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