Monadnock Building
The Monadnock Building is a 16-story skyscraper located at 53 West Jackson Boulevard in the south Loop area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The north half of the building was designed by the firm of Burnham & Root and built starting in 1891.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: DS1953, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Office building
- Description: tower block in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Address: 53 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chicago "L" and Kluczynski Federal Building.
Chicago "L"
Photo: lazytom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Chicago "L" is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of Illinois. Operated by the Chicago Transit Authority, it is the fourth-largest rapid transit system in the United States in terms… Chicago "L" is situated 950 feet east of Monadnock Building.
Kluczynski Federal Building
Government building
Photo: Local hero, Public domain.
The John C. Kluczynski Federal Building is a skyscraper in the downtown Chicago Loop 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. Kluczynski Federal Building is situated 350 feet north of Monadnock Building.
Harold Washington Library
Library
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Harold Washington Library Center is the central library for the Chicago Public Library System. It is located just south of the Loop 'L', at 400 South State Street in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. Harold Washington Library is situated 570 feet southeast of Monadnock Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Printer’s Row and Loop.
Printer’s Row
Neighborhood
Photo: puroticorico, CC BY 2.0.
Printers Row, also known as Printing House Row, is a Chicago neighborhood located in South Loop. The area of Printers Row is generally defined by Ida B.
Loop
Photo: Poco a poco, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Loop is the central business district of Chicago, bounded by the Chicago River to the north and west, Harrison Street to the south, and Lake Michigan to the east.
Jewelers Row District
Neighborhood
The Jewelers Row District is a historic district in the Loop 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…
Monadnock Building
- Categories: tower block, building, historic site, historic building, and office
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.87754° or 41° 52′ 39″ northLongitude
-87.62955° or 87° 37′ 46″ westElevation
594 feet (181 metres)Levels
17Height
197 feet (60 metres)Open location code
86HJV9HC+25OpenStreetMap ID
way 73671128OpenStreetMap feature
building=officeOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingGeoNames ID
4902494Wikidata ID
Q1199833
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Monadnock Building” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “莫納德洛克大廈”
- Chinese: “莫纳德洛克大厦”
- Chinese: “蒙拿諾克大廈”
- Chinese: “蒙納德諾克大廈”
- Dutch: “Monadnock Building”
- Finnish: “Monadnock Building”
- French: “Monadnock Building”
- German: “Monadnock Building”
- Hebrew: “בניין מונדנוק”
- Icelandic: “Monadnock Building”
- Italian: “Monadnock Building”
- Korean: “모내드녹 빌딩”
- Persian: “ساختمان منادناک”
- Polish: “Monadnock Building”
- Portuguese: “Edifício Monadnock”
- Russian: “Монаднок-билдинг”
- Spanish: “Edificio Monadnock”
- Spanish: “Monadnock Building”
- Swedish: “Monadnock Building”
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