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Marquette Building, Chicago, IL

Marquette Buildingnull
  • Address 140 South Dearborn Street
    Suite 400
    Chicago, IL 60603
    United States
  • Phone number+1 312 422 5500
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Decades of Loop soot have not been kind to the Marquette Building's once reddish, terra-cotta exterior. However, the original grace of the terra-cotta still shines through these blackened, weathered walls. Named after Pere Marquette, who explored the Chicago region in 1674, this building was erected in 1894 for the George A. Fuller Company. Step inside the unusual, octagonal lobby to admire the intricate mosaics that tell the story of Marquette.

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Bill M.

(Rating: 4.0) 

by Bill M. on August 13, 2005

This building, designed by the architecture firm Holabird and Roche, dates back to 1894. It forms quite a contract with the modern Federal Plaza across the...

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