| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Chicago, Illinois, United States | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1888-1891 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Jenney, William Le Baron | en_US |
| dc.date | 1888-1891 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-29T18:11:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-04-29T18:11:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1888-1891 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 212946 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 98 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/120351 | |
| dc.description | Frontal view of the west façade, depicting the base; Renowned as one of the nation's most important early examples of skeletal-frame commercial architecture, this building is discussed in every major history of American architecture. A National Historic Landmark, it was designed by William Le Baron Jenney, the so-called "father of the skyscraper." This building was erected by Levi Leiter; later, it was leased by Sears, Roebuck & Co. for its flagship department store. It is the city's oldest surviving department store, a type of building that contributed to State Street's development as a retailing thoroughfare. The so-called "first Leiter" building, built in 1879 at Wells and Monroe, was demolished in 1972. Source: Chicago Landmarks [website]; http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/ (accessed 12/3/2007) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | steel; iron supports; masonry | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architectural exteriors | en_US |
| dc.subject | business, commerce and trade | en_US |
| dc.subject | Chicago School | en_US |
| dc.subject | Modernist | en_US |
| dc.title | Second Leiter Building | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Leiter II Building | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Sears, Roebuck & Co. | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-JM-SL-A2 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | American | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | department store | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | William Le Baron Jenney (American architect, 1832-1907) | en_US |
