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Which materials were used on the exterior of Chicagoâs Auditorium Building?
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Louis Sullivan, detail of an oil painting by Frank A. Werner, 1919; in the collection of the Chicago Historical Society.
The exterior of the Auditorium Building in Chicago is constructed primarily of granite and limestone.1