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 1884 and completed the next year.

Apr 22, 2010 · In 1883, William LeBaron Jenney was appointed by the Home Insurance Company in New York to design a tall, fireproof building for their Chicago headquarters. His revolutionary design...

Designed by architect William Le Baron Jenney, this 10-story structure employed innovative engineering techniques and architectural features that laid the foundation for skyscrapers of the future. The Home Insurance Building revolutionized high-rise construction with its pioneering use of cast iron technology.

Oct 23, 2020 · William Le Baron Jenney, Home Insurance Building, Chicago, 1884. (J.W. Taylor, IChi-00989; Chicago Historical Society) The third of the large buildings granted a building permit during the first week March 1884 was the Home Insurance Building.

The Home Insurance Building by architect William Le Baron Jenney was built in northeast corner of La Salle and Adams Streets in 1885. It is 54.9 high,

Engineer William LeBaron Jenney discovered that thin pieces of steel could support a tall building as well as thick stone walls could. The steel necessary to carry Jenney's 10-story...

William Le Baron Jenney was an American civil engineer and architect whose technical innovations were of primary importance in the development of the skyscraper. Jenney designed the Home Insurance Company Building, Chicago (1884–85; enlarged 1891; demolished 1931), generally considered to be the

Mar 17, 2003 · The Home Insurance building, which was designed by William Le Baron Jenney, was completed In the fall of 1885, a few years prior to the Tacoma building. When the latter structure was torn down a few years back, the controversy flared up …

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.

The Home Insurance Building is a Neoclassic skyscraper designed between 1983 and 1984 by William Le Baron Jenney, and built between 1884 and 1885 in Chicago, IL. The exact addresss of the building was 135 S. La Salle Street, Chicago, IL.