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Masonic Building

building, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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  • construction of apartment buildings
    construction
    / Early steel-frame high-rises

    …were built; in Chicago the Masonic Temple (1892) of Daniel Burnham and John Root reached 22 stories (91 meters or 302 feet), but then the leadership shifted to New York City with the 26-story Manhattan Life Building (1894). The Singer Building (1907) by the architect Ernest Flagg rose to 47…

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    …were built; in Chicago the Masonic Temple (1892) of Daniel Burnham and John Root reached 22 stories (91 meters or 302 feet), but then the leadership shifted to New York City with the 26-story Manhattan Life Building (1894). The Singer Building (1907) by the architect Ernest Flagg rose to 47…

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