- Retrieved January 19, 2012. The word skyscraper, in its architectural context, was first applied to the Home Insurance Building, completed in Chicago in 1885.
- This realization marked the genesis of the Home Insurance Building, a project that would forever alter the course of architectural history.
- The Home Insurance Building by architect William Le Baron Jenney was built in northeast corner of La Salle and Adams Streets in 1885.
- Exterior of the Home Insurance Building, widely considered to be the world's first modern skyscraper, Chicago, 1926.
- In 1932, the Home Insurance Building was razed to pave the path for the monumental Field Building, now recognized as 135 S. La Salle Street.
- The Home Insurance Building was demolished in 1931 along with other buildings to build in place the building Empire Field.
- With a height of 138 feet, the Home Insurance Building soared far above its contemporaries, epitomizing the term "skyscraper."
- The Home Insurance Building will forever remain in the heart of Chicago as the first step towards a future that continues to fascinate and surprise us.
- ...Chicago Historical Society) The third of the large buildings granted a building permit during the first week March 1884 was the Home Insurance Building.
- Home Insurance Building Life Span: 1885-1931 Location: NE Corner of LaSalle and Adams Streets Architect: William LeBaron Jenney.
- Chicago’s Home Insurance Building, the 12-story office building designed by William Le Baron Jenney, completed in 1885 and demolished in 1931, has frequently...
- Home Insurance Building is a frame and office building that was completed in 1885. The project is located in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
- As a result, they began changing the historical account and offering misleading statements about the structure of the Home Insurance Building.
