Chapin & Gore Building, 63 East Adams St Chicago, Cook County, IL
The Chapin and Gore Building, 1904, was built for a Chicago firm which specialized in the making and distribution of wines and whiskies. The architect, Richard E. Schmidt, was one of a group of Chicago architects known primarily for their residential work. This structure represents one of the few multi-story office buildings executed by this group known as the "Prairie School." The use of both cast iron and timber columns in the building is an unusual example of skeleton framing growing out of the Chicago architecture of the late 19th century, while the bold formal treatment of the brick facade with its original terra cotta ornament and the interior detailing of the Chapin and Gore Bar on the west side of the ground floor were designed in the best tradition of Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Chapin & Gore Building, 63 East Adams St Chicago, Cook County, IL
The Chapin and Gore Building, 1904, was built for a Chicago firm which specialized in the making and distribution of wines and whiskies. The architect, Richard E. Schmidt, was one of a group of Chicago architects known primarily for their residential work. This structure represents one of the few multi-story office buildings executed by this group known as the "Prairie School." The use of both cast iron and timber columns in the building is an unusual example of skeleton framing growing out of the Chicago architecture of the late 19th century, while the bold formal treatment of the brick facade with its original terra cotta ornament and the interior detailing of the Chapin and Gore Bar on the west side of the ground floor were designed in the best tradition of Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
