McClurg Building
- Architect
- Holabird & Root
- Style
- Chicago School
- City
- Chicago, IL
- Collection
- the chicago school
The McClurg Building in the Loop was built in 1899 to a design by Chicago School architects Holabird & Roche. At nine stories and just 80 by 150 feet at its base, it ranks among the smallest skyscrapers in Chicago. It takes its name from the A.C. McClurg publishing company, its main early occupant.
the building
Wabash Street facade. Because the building had no windows on its sides, its Wabash Street facade carries roughly 9,000 square feet of glass, framed by terra cotta piers and spandrels -- a Chicago School solution for lighting a narrow lot.
the style
The building is a Chicago School design, its glass-heavy Wabash facade a direct response to a site with no room for side windows.
More on Chicago Schoolthe architect
Holabird & Roche were prominent Chicago School architects; the McClurg Building is one of their smaller, tightly sited Loop commissions.
significance
The McClurg Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 17, 1970.
nearby
- Chapin and Gore Building
- Symphony Center
- Railway Exchange Building
- Peoples Gas Building
- Palmer House Hotel
- 333 South Wabash