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Local Identifier

02

Medium

Color Film

Date Created

1998

Architect

Louis H. Sullivan; Dankmar Adler;

Year Built

1881-1882

Country

United States

State

Illinois

City

Chicago

Description

The Jewelers Building at 15–17 Wabash Avenue between East Monroe and East Madison Streets in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States was built in 1881/82 and was designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan. It is the only example of the early work of Adler & Sullivan that survives in the Loop. It is also known as the Iwan Ries Building.

The building is a common loft building in construction and plan, but its facade departs dramatically from others of its type. An open exterior, using cast iron mullions rather than masonry piers in the central bay, and Sullivan's stylized floral ornament provide distinction.

Copyright

©1998 Carl L. Thurman

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Image

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Keywords

Buildings--Pictorial works; Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924--Pictorial works;

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