Fort Dearborn Building
Life Span: 1895-1957
Location: SW corner of Clark and Monroe (105 W. Monroe)
Architect: Jenney & Mundie
105 W. MONROE STREET building, at the southwest corner of S. Clark street, formerly known as the Nixon and the Standard Trust & Savings Bank buildings and originally as the Fort Dearborn building, was built in 1895, 16 stories and one basement high, on spread foundations with beam grillages. Jenney & Mundie were the architects. Plate and angle columns were used for the lower stories, then channels and plates, with latticed channels for the upper stories. Gusset plates on girders were used for the wind bracing.
Demolished in 1957.
Fort Dearborn Building
1895
Fort Dearborn Building
Entrance
1895
Photo by J. W. Taylor
I found 2 checks from 1903-1904 that where from this bank. Thank you for having these photo of the bank. Brings we closer to that time.