Iron Ornament, Schlesinger & Mayer Department Store
Originally named the Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company Department Store, 1 South State Street (1-19 South State Street 1-15 East Madison Street), Chicago, Cook, IL. Photographed by Richard Nickel on 4x5 film. Related architects and companies, Louis Sullivan, George Elmslie, Schlesinger & Mayer, Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company, DM Burnham & Company, Holabird & Root.
Building/structure dates: 1899 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1906 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1960 subsequent workNational Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000231
This commission of 1899-1904 was the last of the large, commercial buildings designed by Louis Sullivan, and is regarded by some as the culmination of the architect's structural and ornamental art. In 1958, the building was designated a Chicago Architectural Landmark "...in recognition of the fine expression of interior spaces in the serene horizontals of window and wall; the execution of an original system of ornament, and the excellent craftsmanship of its execution in cast iron." Historic American Buildings Survey Richard Nickel, Photographer July 1967 EXTERIOR DETAIL OF CAST IRON ORNAMENT ABOVE NORTHWEST CORNER ENTRANCE .
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