Marquette Building

The Marquette Building, completed in 1895, is a Chicago Landmark that was built by the George A. Fuller Company and designed by architects Holabird & Roche.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Office building
  • Description: building in Chicago by Holabird & Roche (a firm now known as Holabird & Root)
  • Address: 140 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60603

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chicago "L" and Home Insurance Building.

Photo: lazytom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Chicago "L" is a rapid transit system serving the city of and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of . The system is operated by the , one of the three service boards of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Marquette Building.

Memorial
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The was an early skyscraper that stood in from 1885 to its demolition in 1931. Originally ten stories and 138 ft tall, it was designed by William Le Baron Jenney in 1884 and completed the next year. is situated 580 feet west of Marquette Building.

Government building
Photo: Local hero, Public domain.
The John C. is a skyscraper in the downtown located at 230 South Dearborn Street. The 45-story structure was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and completed in 1974 as the last portion of the new Federal Center. is situated 490 feet south of Marquette Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Loop and Jewelers Row District.

Photo: Poco a poco, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the central business district of , bounded by the Chicago River to the north and west, Harrison Street to the south, and Lake Michigan to the east.

Neighborhood
The is a historic district in the community area of Chicago, Illinois in the United States. Running along Wabash Avenue, primarily between East Washington Street and East Monroe Street, the buildings in the district were built…

Neighborhood
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is a Chicago neighborhood located in . The area of is generally defined by Ida B. Wells Drive on the north, Polk Street on the south, Plymouth Court on the east, and the on the west.

Marquette Building

Latitude
41.87979° or 41° 52′ 47″ north
Longitude
-87.62976° or 87° 37′ 47″ west
Elevation
594 feet (181 metres)
Levels
17
Named after
Jacques Marquette
Open location code
86HJV9HC+W3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 124865455
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­office
Geo­Names ID
4901256
Wiki­data ID
Q6772574
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Spanish—“Marquette Building” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Marquette Building”
  • Chinese: “馬凱特大廈”
  • Chinese: “馬奎特大廈”
  • Chinese: “马凯特大厦”
  • Italian: “Marquette Building (Chicago)”
  • Italian: “Marquette Building”
  • Slovenian: “Marquette Building”
  • Spanish: “Marquette Building (Chicago)”
  • Spanish: “Marquette Building”

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