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Rookery Building, Chicago, Illinois, LaSalle Street Elevation

An elevation drawing of a multistory building with a slightly pitched roof, a large arched entryway, and multiple bands of windows. The ground level is colored blue while the upper levels have red details.
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  • An elevation drawing of a multistory building with a slightly pitched roof, a large arched entryway, and multiple bands of windows. The ground level is colored blue while the upper levels have red details.

Date:

1885/87

Artist:

Burnham & Root
American, 1873–1891

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Architecture and Design

Artist

Burnham and Root (Architect)

Title

Rookery Building, Chicago, Illinois, LaSalle Street Elevation

Place

LaSalle Street, 209 South (Building address)

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1886

Medium

Multicolored hectograph print on heavy paper

Dimensions

62.9 × 73 cm (24 3/4 × 28 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Daniel H. Burnham, Jr.

Reference Number

1989.407.2

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