Dexter Building
Life Span: 1892-1961
Location: 80-84 Adams (39 W. Adams today)
Architect: Burnham & Root
- Lakeside Business Directory of the City of Chicago, 1899
Dexter Bldg.—80 and 82 Adams.
Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1904
Dexter Bldg.—80 to 84 Adams.
Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1911
Dexter Bldg.,—39 W. Adams.
Chicago Tribune, July 17, 1892
Dexter Building.
A nice improvement now in progress is the Dexter Safety Deposit company’s building, at Nos. 80 and 82 Adams street. While it is not as expensive as some of the office buildings now in the course of erection it will add much to the street. Mayo & Curry are the architects. The structure joins the Owings Building. It will be steel frame, faced with brick, and will be supported by iron columns. The entrance will be finished in mosaic and the wainscoting white marble. An oyster house will occupy the basement, and it is expected that the offices will be ready for tenants Jan. 1. It will cost $100,000 and will be eight stories high.
Rand McNally’s Bird’s Eye Views of Chicago, 1893
② The Dexter Building,
At 80-84 Adams Street, is 50 feet wide, 105 feet deep, and 140 feet high, with 8 stories and basement. The structure is of the steel pattern, with heavy brick walls and terra cotta and tile. There are 2 stores, 140 offices, and 2 passenger elevators. The occupants are insurance companies, real-estate dealers, and manufacturers’ agents. Erected in 1882, at a cost of $150,000.
- Dexter Building
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map
1906
Leave a Reply