The Home Insurance Building was a skyscraper that stood in Chicago from 1885 to its demolition in 1931. Originally ten stories and 138 ft (42.1 m) tall, it was designed by William Le Baron Jenney in …

Apr 22, 2010 · The Home Insurance Building, built in 1885 and located on the corner of Adams and LaSalle Streets in Chicago, Illinois, went down in history as the world’s first modern skyscraper.

The exterior use of iron skeleton framing has been central to the historical reputation of the Home Insurance Building, giving rise to the claim by some historians that it was the first skyscraper. The …

The Home Insurance Building was a skyscraper in Chicago designed by William Le Baron Jenney in 1884, for the Home Insurance Company in New York.

…was the site of the Home Insurance Company Building (completed 1885; demolished 1931), generally considered to be the first metal-frame building and, at 10 stories, the world’s first skyscraper.

Despite being demolished in 1931, the Home Insurance Building evokes the endless possibilities of architectural innovation. It helped to usher in the age of the skyscraper and its legacy remains intact …

William Le Baron Jenney’s Home Insurance Building, completed in Chicago in 1885, pioneered a steel‑ and iron‑framed internal skeleton, effectively allowing exterior walls to be mere curtain walls, not …

Considered the first American skyscraper, the 10- story Home Insurance Building in Chicago was the first tall building to be supported by a metal skeleton of vertical columns and horizontal...

Jul 1, 2024 · When Jenney was asked by his client, the Home Insurance Company of New York, to design a Chicago headquarters, he created a hybrid building, combining old and new materials and …

Regarded by some as the world's first skyscraper, the Home Insurance Building astounded residents when the ten-story building first opened in the Loop area of Downtown Chicago in 1884.