McCormick Building, Regal
Life Span: 1889-~1950
Location: Southwest corner of Van Buren and Market
Architect: Flanders & Zimmerman
- Lakeside Business Directory of the City of Chicago, 1899
Chicago Tribune, July 14, 1889
AMONG ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS.
Flanders & Zimmerman have plans on hand for two large structures The first is for M. B. Fessenden, and will be erected at the southwest corner of Van Buren and Market streets, and will be devoted to the wholesale trade. It will be eight stories high, and will have a frontage on the streets mentioned of 100 and 160 feet, respectively. Along the river it will have a frontage of 212 feet, where piles will be driven and docks built. The outer walls will be of brick, with terra cotta sills and caps. A feature of the exterior will be the highly decorated entrance at the corner of Van Buren and Market streets. It will be of terra cotta and molded brick. The interior will be of mill construction, and will contain passenger and freight elevators, steam heating apparatus, and electric light. It will cost about $300,000, and work will be begun at once.
Inter Ocean, August 4, 1889
Architects Flanders & Zimmerman state that the foundation work for the Benjamin A. Fessenden building, southwest corner of Market and Yan Buren streets, has been commenced. This building will bo eight stories high, 158x 211 feet, and will cost $250,000. It will be of pressed brick, with tezra cotta trimmings, and is to be supplied with elevators, electrio lights, etc.
Rand, McNally’s Bird’s-Eye Views of Chicago, 1893
⑫ McCormick Block.
This very conspicuous structure appears across the head of Market Street at Van Buren Street, because of the eastern division of the river. The building fronts 160 feet on Market Street and 95 feet on Van Buren Street, at the southwest corner. It is 100 feet high with 8 stories, and the walls are of cut-stone, brick, and terra-cotta. There are 2 freight and 1 passenger elevators. The occupants are wholesale jobbers and manufacturers of clothing. Erected in 1887.
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