Pittsfield Building
- Architect
- Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
- Year
- 1927
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- Chicago, IL
Marshall Field's heirs developed this 38-story tower in 1927, naming it for Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where the young Marshall Field had held his first job. Graham, Anderson, Probst & White designed it in a Gothic Revival mode, and on completion it was Chicago's second-tallest building, surpassed only by the Chicago Temple Building.
the building
Built for doctors and dentists. Despite its Loop address in the Jewelers' Row Landmark District, the building was designed and originally occupied by medical and dental professionals—offices, laboratories, and medical supply firms filled its floors rather than the jewelers around it.
A gift to the Field Museum. In 1944, Marshall Field III gave the building to the Field Museum of Natural History to mark the museum's 50th anniversary. The museum held the property until it sold in September 1960.
the style
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White dressed the tower in Gothic Revival forms, the era's common vocabulary for tall Loop office buildings, set within the Jewelers' Row district where it still stands.
More on Gothic Revivalthe architect
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White designed the Pittsfield Building, completed in 1927 for the heirs of Marshall Field.
significance
The Pittsfield Building was designated a Chicago Landmark on November 6, 2002. In 2000, the Florida-based Morgan Reed Group acquired the building for $15 million.
nearby
- Chicago Public Library/Cultural Center
- One North State
- Jewelers Building
- Marshall Field and Company Building
- Gage Group
- Sullivan Center