National Register of Historic Places

Pontiac Building

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Listed
March 16, 1976
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
76000702

About this property

The Pontiac Building is a historic high-rise building located at 542 S. Dearborn St. in the Printer's Row neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1891, the building is the oldest surviving work in downtown Chicago designed by the architecture firm Holabird & Roche. The fourteen-story building represents the Chicago school of architecture and is designed as a steel frame covered in brick. The building's Dearborn Street facade features three tiers of bay windows, while the facade on Federal Street features one tier of bay windows flanked by two tiers of flat windows; while the outer two tiers on both facades each span two bays, the middle tier spans only one. The bottoms of these tiers of windows, located at the second floor of the building, feature terra cotta soffits; the building's cornice is also terra cotta. The first two floors of the building feature limestone piers with decorative capitals. Due to the building's architectural significance, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1976.

Location

542 S. Dearborn St.
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
41.87480, -87.62886

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Pontiac Building listed on the National Register?

Pontiac Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1976.

What type of historic resource is Pontiac Building?

Pontiac Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Pontiac Building?

The period of significance for Pontiac Building is recorded as the industrial era.

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