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Home Insurance Building

The Home Insurance Building was a 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.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: 19th century commercial building in Chicago, Illinois
  • Also known as: “Home Insurance Building Site”
  • Inscription: “This section of the Field Building is erected on the site of the Home Insurance Building, which structure, designed and built in eighteen hundred and eighty four by the late William Le Baron Jenney, was the first high building to utilize as the basic prin”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Willis Tower and Chicago "L".

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The , formerly and still commonly referred to as the Sears Tower, is a 110-story, 1,451-foot skyscraper in the community area of in , United States. is situated 1,200 feet west of Home Insurance Building.

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The Chicago "L" is the rapid transit system serving the city of and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of . Operated by the , it is the fourth-largest rapid transit system in the United States in terms… is situated 1,700 feet east of Home Insurance Building.

Government building
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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 720 feet southeast of Home Insurance Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Loop and Printer’s Row.

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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
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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.

Neighborhood
The is a neighborhood located on the edge of the city's downtown, northwest of the Loop. The district is bounded by the to the east, the Kennedy Expressway to the west, Ohio Street to the north and Madison Street to the south, making it part of the and community areas of Chicago in , , United States.

Home Insurance Building

Latitude
41.87976° or 41° 52′ 47″ north
Longitude
-87.63189° or 87° 37′ 55″ west
Open location code
86HJV9H9+W6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2465607685
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q944544
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Home Insurance Building” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Home Insurance Building”
  • Arabic: “مبنى بيت التأمين”
  • Bashkir: “Home Insurance Building”
  • Bavarian: “Home Insurance Building”
  • Chinese: “家庭保险大楼”
  • Chinese: “家庭保險大樓”
  • Dutch: “Home Insurance Building”
  • Estonian: “Home Insurance Building”
  • Finnish: “Home Insurance Building”
  • French: “Home Insurance Building”
  • Galician: “Home Insurance Building”
  • German: “Home Insurance Building”
  • Hebrew: “בניין הום אינשורנס”
  • Italian: “Home Insurance Building”
  • Japanese: “ホーム・インシュアランス・ビル”
  • Korean: “홈 인슈어런스 빌딩”
  • Lithuanian: “Home Insurance Building”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Home Insurance Building”
  • Norwegian: “Home Insurance Building”
  • Persian: “ساختمان بیمه شیکاگو”
  • Piemontese: “Home Insurance Building”
  • Polish: “Home Insurance Building”
  • Portuguese: “Home Insurance Building”
  • Russian: “Home Insurance Building”
  • Russian: “The Home Insurance Building”
  • Russian: “Хоум-иншуранс-билдинг”
  • Russian: “Хоум-иншурэнс-билдинг”
  • Slovak: “Home Insurance Building”
  • Spanish: “Home Insurance Building”
  • Swedish: “Home Insurance Building”
  • Tamil: “உலகின் முதல் வானளாவி”
  • Tamil: “வீட்டு காப்புறுதிக் கட்டடம்”
  • Ukrainian: “Home Insurance Building”
  • Ukrainian: “Будинок домашнього страхування”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Field Building and U.S. Bank Building.

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