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Coordinates: 41°52′8.14″N 87°37′34.83″W / 41.8689278°N 87.6263417°W / 41.8689278; -87.6263417
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| designated_other1_name= Chicago Landmark
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| designated_other1_date= [[June 10]] [[1996]]
| designated_other1_date = June 10, 1996
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| location= 1104 South Wabash Avenue, [[Chicago, IL]]
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The '''Ludington Building''' is the earliest-surviving, steel-frame building in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. <ref name=CL>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/L/Ludington.html|title=Ludington Building|publisher=City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division|date=2003|accessdate=2007-05-14}}</ref> It is located just south of the [[Chicago Loop]] [[Community areas of Chicago|community area]]. It was designed by [[William Le Baron Jenney]] and was named a [[Chicago Landmark]] on [[June 10]] [[1996]].<ref name="CL" /> It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on [[May 08]], [[1980]]. The Ludington Building "was commissioned by Mary Ludington Barnes for the American Book Company"; presently it is one of seventeen buildings that comprise the campus of [[Columbia College Chicago]].<ref name="DL">{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.colum.edu/archhistory/1104wabash.htm|title=Ludington Building History Page|publisher=Columbia College Chicago Library|date=2006|accessdate=2009-08-15}}</ref>
The '''Ludington Building''' in [[Chicago, Illinois]] is a steel-frame building that is the oldest surviving structure of its kind in the city.<ref name=CL>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/L/Ludington.html|title=Ludington Building|publisher=City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division|year=2003|accessdate=May 14, 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607153429/http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/L/Ludington.html|archivedate=June 7, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> It is located in the [[Chicago Loop]] [[Community areas of Chicago|community area]]. It was designed by [[William Le Baron Jenney]] and was named a [[Chicago Landmark]] on June 10, 1996.<ref name="CL" /> It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on May 8, 1980. The Ludington Building "was commissioned by Mary Ludington Barnes for the American Book Company";<ref name=CL/> presently it is one of twenty<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.colum.edu/About_Columbia/Visit/campusmap/index.php|title=Campus Map|publisher=Columbia College Chicago|accessdate=June 3, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613173249/http://www.colum.edu/About_Columbia/Visit/campusmap/index.php|archivedate=June 13, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> buildings that comprise the campus of [[Columbia College Chicago]].<ref name="DL">{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.colum.edu/archhistory/1104wabash.htm|title=Ludington Building History Page|publisher=Columbia College Chicago Library|year=2006|accessdate=August 15, 2009}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 02:49, 11 October 2023

Ludington Building
Ludington Building is located in Chicago metropolitan area
Ludington Building
Location1104 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL
Coordinates41°52′8.14″N 87°37′34.83″W / 41.8689278°N 87.6263417°W / 41.8689278; -87.6263417
Built1892
ArchitectJenney & Mundie
Architectural styleChicago
NRHP reference No.80001347 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 8, 1980
Designated CLJune 10, 1996

The Ludington Building in Chicago, Illinois is a steel-frame building that is the oldest surviving structure of its kind in the city.[2] It is located in the Chicago Loop community area. It was designed by William Le Baron Jenney and was named a Chicago Landmark on June 10, 1996.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1980. The Ludington Building "was commissioned by Mary Ludington Barnes for the American Book Company";[2] presently it is one of twenty[3] buildings that comprise the campus of Columbia College Chicago.[4]

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Notes
  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ a b c "Ludington Building". City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2003. Archived from the original on June 7, 2007. Retrieved May 14, 2007.
  3. ^ "Campus Map". Columbia College Chicago. Archived from the original on June 13, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  4. ^ "Ludington Building History Page". Columbia College Chicago Library. 2006. Retrieved August 15, 2009.

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