Union Building I

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Union Building
Life Span: 1868-1871
Location: SW corner of Washington and LaSalle Streets.
Architect: Frederik Baumann

Edwards’ Annual Directory in the City of Chicago, for 1870

Union Building

Union National Bank

Mead & Coe

Great Western Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Western Union Telegraph Co.

Military Division of the Mo.

Chicago Evening Post, December 18, 1867

UNION BUILDING.
Union building, under the direction of Mr. Frederik Baumann, of Washington street, from white limestone, fronting one hundrd feet on LaSalle and the same on Washington street, and consisting of four stories and a basement, the latter having twelve rooms, large and small, nine of which have vaults. The largest room being nineteen by seventy-three feet, has five rooms of different dimensions, three large and two small ones, the largest being thirty-four by fifty-six feet, and the smallest fifteen by twenty feet three inches. The block will be heated by fire places and stoves, and is expected to be completed by spring. The building is large and elegant, and will be an addition and credit to the city. The probable entire cost will be $120,000.

Chicago Evening Post, May 11, 1868

Messrs. Mead & Coe have removed their real estate office to the new Union Building, in the corner of LaSalle and Washington streets. This is one of the finest buildings in the city, and gives them a magnificent office. Mead & Co. are live, enterprising business men, have a thorough acquaintance with the location, nature, etc., of property, and have large lists on their hands for sale.

Union

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