Marquette Building

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Marquette Building

building, Chicago, Illinois, United States

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William Holabird
…of glass, as in their Marquette Building (1894, Chicago). Their Gage Building (1898, Chicago), with a facade by the brilliant architect Louis Sullivan, was cited as a Chicago architectural landmark in 1962. Although their buildings lack the virtuosity of Sullivan’s or Root’s, Holabird and Roche were unequalled in their perseverance…
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…of glass, as in their Marquette Building (1894, Chicago). Their Gage Building (1898, Chicago), with a facade by the brilliant architect Louis Sullivan, was cited as a Chicago architectural landmark in 1962. Although their buildings lack the virtuosity of Sullivan’s or Root’s, Holabird and Roche were unequalled in their perseverance…
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