Crane Company Building

The Crane Company Building is an early skyscraper located at 836 S. Michigan Ave. in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The twelve-story building was designed by Holabird & Roche and built in 1912.

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Type: Apartment building
Description: Chicago, Illinois, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Address: 888 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: The Field Museum of Natural History and Soldier Field.

The Field Museum of Natural History

Museum

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The Field Museum of Natural History is a private–public natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. The Field Museum of Natural History is situated 2,700 feet southeast of Crane Company Building.

Soldier Field

Stadium

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Soldier Field is a multi-purpose stadium on the Near South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1924, the stadium has served as the home of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League since 1971, as well as Chicago Fire FC of Major League Soccer since 2020. Soldier Field is situated 3,700 feet southeast of Crane Company Building.

Merle Reskin Theatre

Theater building

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The Merle Reskin Theatre is a performing arts venue located in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. Originally named the Blackstone Theatre it was built in 1910. Merle Reskin Theatre is situated 990 feet north of Crane Company Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Printers Row and Dearborn Park.

Printers Row

Neighborhood

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

Dearborn Park

Neighborhood

Dearborn Park is a residential Chicago neighborhood in South Loop. It is part of the Loop and Near South Side community areas of Chicago, and has a public park of the same name.

South Loop

Quarter

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South Loop is a Chicago neighborhood south of the Loop. The South Branch of the Chicago River flows through it. Chinatown is adjacent to the southwest, and Museum Campus is to its east.

Crane Company Building

Categories: skyscraper, office building, building, and residential building
Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.87074° or 41° 52′ 15″ north

Longitude

-87.62471° or 87° 37′ 29″ west

Levels

Open location code

86HJV9CG+74

OpenStreetMap ID

way 150184510

OpenStreetMap feature

building=apartments

Wikidata ID

Q14687469

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“Crane Company Building” goes by many names.

Spanish: “Crane Company Building (Chicago)”
Spanish: “Crane Company Building”

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