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Ludington Building
Ludington Building is located in Illinois
Ludington Building
Location1104 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL
Built1892
ArchitectJenney & Mundie
Architectural styleChicago
NRHP reference No.80001347 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 08, 1980
Designated CLJune 10 1996

The Ludington Building is the earliest-surviving, steel-frame building in Chicago, Illinois. [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 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.[3]

External links

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
  2. ^ a b "Ludington Building". City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2003. Retrieved 2007-05-14.
  3. ^ "Ludington Building History Page". Columbia College Chicago Library. 2006. Retrieved 2009-08-15.