SECOND LEITER BUILDING

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Title	SECOND LEITER BUILDING
View	Frontal view of the west facade, depicting the base
Notes	commercial, administrative
Work Type	department store office building
Style/Period	Early Modern Chicago School
Creator Name	Jenney, William Le Baron
Creator Nationality	American firm
School of Creator	Chicago School
Major Design Aspects	structure expressed innovative
Climate Type	temperate
Country	United States of America
City	Chicago
State/Province	IL
Architectural Material	steel, iron supports, masonry
Structural System	steel frame
Dates	1891
Century	19C
Photographer	Scott Gilchrist, Archivision
Date Photographed	9/30/1991
Subject Information	Renowned as one of the nation's most important early examples of skeletal-frame commercial architecture, this building is discussed in every major history of American architecture. A National Historic Landmark, it was designed by William Le Baron Jenney, the so-called father of the skyscraper'. Jenney is also considered the founder of the Chicago School of architecture. The Leiter Building II was erected by Levi Leiter; later, it was leased by Sears, Roebuck & Co. for its flagship department store. It is the city's oldest surviving department store, a type of building that contributed to State Street's development as a retailing thoroughfare.' Source: www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/L/LeiterIIBuilding.html / 'Jenney allowed the steel skeleton, only recently introduced at that time, to determine the outward characteristics of the building - its division into enormous square sections, each filled with many large windows.' Chicago on Foot, Ira J. Bach, & Susan Wolfson, p. 41
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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