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19th Century Architecture

Skyscrapers
 

RM Hunt: N.Y. Tribune
Building, 1873-75

RM Hunt: N.Y. Tribune
Building, 1873-75

RM Hunt: N.Y. Tribune
Building, 1873-75

GB Post: N.Y. World
Building, 1890.  309' ht.

GB Post: N.Y. World
Building, 1890.  309' ht.

GB Post: N.Y. World
Building, 1890.  309' ht.

"Newspaper Row"
New York 

G.B. Post: Produce 
Exchange Building, 1881-84. 
10 stories, + tower.

McKim, Mead and White: Madison 
Square Garden, NY, 1889-90. 
demolished. Tower 304'

RH Robertson: Park Row 
Building New York, 1899. 391' ht. 

RH Robertson: Park Row 
Building New York, 1899. 391' ht. 
 

C. Berg and E.H. Clark: Gillender 
Building, NYC, 1896-97.
(demolished) 273' ht.

C. Berg and E.H. Clark: Gillender 
Building, NYC, 1896-97.
(demolished) 273' ht.
 
New York Skyscrapers
  1. New York Tribune Building, New York, 1873-5. Richard Morris Hunt, architect.
  2. New York Tribune Building, New York, 1873-5. Richard Morris Hunt, architect.
  3. New York Tribune Building, New York, 1873-5. Richard Morris Hunt, architect.
  4. New York World Building, New York, 1889-90. George B. Post, architect.
  5. New York World Building, New York, 1889-90. George B. Post, architect.
  6. New York World Building, New York, 1889-90. George B. Post, architect.
  7. "Newspaper Row" New York World Building, 189 .(left) George B. Post, architect./ New York Tribune Building, New York, 187. (center) Richard Morris Hunt, architect.
  8. Madison Square Garden, New York, 1889-90.  McKim, Mead & White, architects.
  9. Park Row Building, 1896-99, R.H. Robertston, architect.
  10. Park Row Building, 1896-99, R.H. Robertston, architect.
  11. Gillender Building, NYC, 1896-97. (demolished) Charles Berg and Edward H. Clark, architects.  273' ht. from a postcard.
Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler - Chicago Skyscrapers -- separate page
 
 

Sullivan and Adler: Auditorium 
Building, Chicago, 1887-89

Sullivan and Adler:Guaranty 
Building, Buffalo, 1894.

 
 

Other Chicago School Skyscrapers
 
 

WLB Jenney: 2nd Leiter 
Building, Chicago, 1891

Holabird & Roche: Tacoma 
Building (center), Chicago, 
1887-89.  Demolished.

W.W. Boyington: Columbus 
Memorial Building, Chicago, 
1891
 

Burnham and Root: Monadnock 
Building, Chicago, 1889

Burnham and Root: Ashland 
Block, Chicago, 1891-92. 
Demolished.

Burnham and Root: Masonic 
Temple, Chicago, 1891-92. 
Demolished.

Burnham and Root: Reliance 
Building, Chicago, 1894.

Burnham and Root: Reliance 
Building, Chicago, 1894
   

Burnham and Root: Reliance 
Building, Chicago, 1894. 
1999 photo.

Burnham and Root: Reliance 
Building, Chicago, 1894. 
1999 photo.

DH Burnham: Railway 
Exchange, Chicago, 1904.
     

  1. 2nd Leiter Building, Chicago, 1891. William LeBaron Jenney, architect. From an old postcard.
  2. Monadnock Building, Chicago, IL. 1889. Burnham & Root, architects. From an old postcard.
  3. Reliance Building, Chicago, IL. 1894. Burnham & Root, with Charles Atwood, architects. From an old postcard.
  4. Railway Exchange Building, Chicago, IL. 1904. DanielBurnham, architect. From an old postcard.
Early Skyscrapers in Boston
 
 

Shepley, Rutan, Coolidge: Ames Building,
Boston, 1889-93.

Shepley, Rutan, Coolidge: Ames Building,
Boston, 1889-93.

C. Blackall: Winthrop Building,
Boston, 1893.

C. Blackall: Winthrop Building,
Boston, 1893
Early Skyscrapers in Boston 
  1. Ames Building, Boston, 1889-93. Shepley, Rutan, & Coolidge, architects. Bearing wall construction.
  2. Ames Building, Boston, 1889-93. Detail. Shepley, Rutan, & Coolidge, architects. Bearing wall construction.
  3. Winthrop Building, Boston, 1893. Clarence Blackall, architect. First steel frame skyscraper in Boston.
  4. Winthrop Building, Boston, 1893. Clarence Blackall, architect. First steel frame skyscraper in Boston.

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