Pontiac Building

Coordinates: 41°52′29″N 87°37′44″W / 41.87472°N 87.62889°W / 41.87472; -87.62889
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Pontiac Building
Holabird & Roche
Architectural styleChicago school
NRHP reference No.76000702[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 16, 1976

The Pontiac Building is a historic high-rise building located at 542 S. Dearborn St. in the Printer's Row neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

History

Built in 1891, the building is the oldest surviving work in downtown Chicago designed by the architecture firm

terra cotta soffits; the building's cornice is also terra cotta. The first two floors of the building feature limestone piers with decorative capitals.[3] Due to the building's architectural significance, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1976.[1]

Main Entrance
Window Detail

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ISBN 0-226-74066-8
    .
  3. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Pontiac Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pontiac Building.


This article about a property in Cook County, Illinois on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article related to a building or structure in Chicago is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pontiac_Building&oldid=1043714566"