Wednesday, June 17, 2015

How Chicago's Marquette Building Got Its Name

From the Jan. 15, 2013, Yahoo! News by Michelle Burton.

The Marquette Building in Chicago was designed by William Holabird, Martin Roche and Edward Renwith of Holabird & Roche architects and built by the George A. Fuller Company.  Completed in 1895, it joined other building built by George Fuller such as the Monadnock, Tribune Tower, Fair Building and Marshall Fields.

It is a work of art both inside and out.

Numerous efforts have been made, nonetheless, to tear it down.

in case you're wondering, it was named after French explorer, Father Jacques Marquette, a missionary, who along with Louis Jolliet, were the first Europeans to see what is today Chicago.

Today, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation owns it and there is a permanent display of the building's history in the lobby.

It is located at 140 S. Dearborn.

So, Now You Know.  --Cooter

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