Curt Teich and Company Building

Coordinates: 41°57′14″N 87°40′25″W / 41.95389°N 87.67361°W / 41.95389; -87.67361 (Curt Teich and Company Building)
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Curt Teich and Company Building
Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41°57′14″N 87°40′25″W / 41.95389°N 87.67361°W / 41.95389; -87.67361 (Curt Teich and Company Building)
Arealess than one acre
NRHP reference No.90000340[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 7, 1990

The Curt Teich and Company Building is a historic building at 1733-55 W. Irving Park Road in the

Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The building was the headquarters and printing press of Curt Teich and Company, one of the first postcard companies and a major influence on the form's development. While the original building's construction date is unclear, the company moved to the building in 1910; a large addition was placed on the building in 1922. Teich traveled throughout the country, and eventually to other countries in North America, to take photographs for his postcards; his travels made postcards available from any sizable town, rather than just major tourist destinations, and produced a historical record of American towns in the process. The company was also responsible for several innovations in the printing and coloring process.[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1990.[1]

Curt Teich and Company postcard of their own headquarters

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Baldwin, Susan M. (September 18, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Curt Teich and Company Building" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved November 5, 2019.[dead link]