Monadnock Building
Chicago, USA
Chicago, USA
HEIGHT: 60m/197 feet
FLOORS: 17 floors
COMPLETION: 1891
ARCHITECT: Holabird & Roche (south half); Burnham & Root (north half)
The Monadnock Building, also known as Monadnock Block, is a historic proto-skyscraper in the Loop district of downtown Chicago, Illinois. It is arguably the world’s first skyscraper.
The Monadnock is the tallest commercial building in the world with masonry load-bearing walls.
– picture from 1900.
