Following the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, a boom of new construction would revitalize the city’s economy and completely transform its skyline. Instead of wood, the new buildings going up in Chicago were made largely
of stone, iron and steel, a relatively new material. The Home Insurance Building, located at the corner of Adams and LaSalle Streets in the Loop, Chicago’s business district, became a leading example of this era of new
construction. The first Skyscraper in the world was called the Home Insurance Building. It was built on Adams and LaSalle Street in Chicago Illinois. In 1883, an architect named William LeBaron Jenney was hired by
the Home Insurance Company to design a tall and fireproof building. An architect is someone who designs technical and aesthetic buildings, yet also gives advice to the sketches that other architects design. Architects are
only in charge of the designing of the building and sometimes they supervise the builders to make sure his design is being excecuted right.The use of the building was for offices and commercial selling.
His revolutionary design used vertical columns and horizontal beams made out of steel as the base and skeleton. But the skeleton was not entirely made of out metal,some of the building used granite as another
form of support. Steel was not only lighter than the masonry walls, but it could carry more weight. As a result, the walls of the building didn’t have to be as thick, and the structure could be taller without collapsing
without all the weight and the possibility of it falling on itself. The outsite of the building, however, was made of brick. The technique of this building that Mr. Jenny designed was referred to as the "Chicago Skeleton".
On May 1st, 1884, construction began. Building was finished in 1885. This building had 10 stories and reached 138 feet in the air. During the construction, people were worried that it would fall over, so they
stopped construction for a period of time so that they could investigate that there were no safety hazards. In 1890, two floors were built at the top, making the total height 180 feet. The building only weighed a third as
much with iron and steel as it would have in stone.
The Home Insurance Building was demolished in 1931 to make room for a larger skyscraper, the Field Building (otherwise known as the LaSalle Bank Building). Concerning metalwork, A.J. Clonick said that the metalwork
and metal materials in the building was extremely sturdy and would have lasted a very long time if it was not knocked down and replaced another building.
There was much debate on whether or not this building was the first skyscraper. But the definition of a skyscraper is a tall building with a skeleton. A committee decided that it was, in fact, the first skyscraper. The committee
which made this decision consisted of Ernest R. Graham of Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, Thomas E. Tallmadge, Charles B. Pike, George Richardson, A. H. Rebori. Mark Levy. Earl H. Reed Jr., Trent P. Sanford,
Museum of Sclenwe and Industry, and Richard E. Schnidt.
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His revolutionary design used vertical columns and horizontal beams made out of steel as the base and skeleton. But the skeleton was not entirely made of out metal,some of the building used granite as another
form of support. Steel was not only lighter than the masonry walls, but it could carry more weight. As a result, the walls of the building didn’t have to be as thick, and the structure could be taller without collapsing
without all the weight and the possibility of it falling on itself. The outsite of the building, however, was made of brick. The technique of this building that Mr. Jenny designed was referred to as the "Chicago Skeleton".
On May 1st, 1884, construction began. Building was finished in 1885. This building had 10 stories and reached 138 feet in the air. During the construction, people were worried that it would fall over, so they
stopped construction for a period of time so that they could investigate that there were no safety hazards. In 1890, two floors were built at the top, making the total height 180 feet. The building only weighed a third as
much with iron and steel as it would have in stone.
The Home Insurance Building was demolished in 1931 to make room for a larger skyscraper, the Field Building (otherwise known as the LaSalle Bank Building). Concerning metalwork, A.J. Clonick said that the metalwork
and metal materials in the building was extremely sturdy and would have lasted a very long time if it was not knocked down and replaced another building.
There was much debate on whether or not this building was the first skyscraper. But the definition of a skyscraper is a tall building with a skeleton. A committee decided that it was, in fact, the first skyscraper. The committee
which made this decision consisted of Ernest R. Graham of Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, Thomas E. Tallmadge, Charles B. Pike, George Richardson, A. H. Rebori. Mark Levy. Earl H. Reed Jr., Trent P. Sanford,
Museum of Sclenwe and Industry, and Richard E. Schnidt.
WATCH A VIDEO ABOUT THE HOME INSURANCE BUIDLING
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS: FIRST SKYSCRAPER
HISTORY OF THE HIB
WIKIPEDIA HOME INSURANCE BUILDING
HOME INSURANCE BUILDING CHICAGO