Monadnock Building
53 W. Jackson Blvd.
As you pass by the Monadnock Building in Chicago’s Loop, you may not recognize it as a transitional…
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Transitions in architecture
Built in two phases, the Monadnock Building demonstrates a visible shift from load-bearing construction to skeleton frame construction—a change that happened throughout the city in the late 19th Century.
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