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Inland Steel Building

Coordinates: 41°52′52″N 87°37′45″W / 41.8810°N 87.6291°W / 41.8810; -87.6291
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Inland Steel Building
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General information
Location30 W. Monroe Street[1]
Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41°52′52″N 87°37′45″W / 41.8810°N 87.6291°W / 41.8810; -87.6291
Construction started1956
Completed1957[1]
Height
Roof332 feet (101.2 m)[2]
Design and construction
ArchitectSkidmore, Owings & Merrill[1]
Structural engineerSkidmore, Owings & Merrill
References
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Inland Steel Building is located in Chicago metropolitan area
Inland Steel Building
Inland Steel Building is located in Illinois
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Inland Steel Building is located in the United States
Inland Steel Building
Location30 W. Monroe St., Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41°52′51″N 87°37′43″W / 41.88083°N 87.62861°W / 41.88083; -87.62861
Area0.5 acres (0.2 ha)
Built1958
ArchitectSkidmore, Owings & Merrill; Graham, Bruce & Walter Netsch
Architectural styleInternational Style
NRHP reference No.09000024[3]
Added to NRHPFebruary 18, 2009

The Inland Steel Building, located at 30 W. Monroe Street in Chicago is one of the city's defining commercial high-rises of the post-World War II era of modern architecture.[1] It was built in the years 1956–1957 and was the first skyscraper to be built in the Chicago Loop following the Great Depression of the 1930s.[4] Its principal designers were Bruce Graham and Walter Netsch of the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill architecture firm.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Inland Steel Building". City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2003. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  2. "Inland Steel Building". Emporis Corporation. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  4. Schulze, Franz & Harrington, Kevin (2003). Chicago's Famous Buildings (5th ed.) Chicago: University of Chicago Press, p. 75. ISBN 0-226-74066-8.

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