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W. W. Kimball Building
Life Span: 1873-1905
Location: SE Corner State and Adams Streets
Architect: TBD
W. W. Kimball Building
1886
W. W. Kimball sold sheet music and musical instruments in the Crosby Opera House until the Chicago Fire burned it down. The W. W. Kimball building, built in 1873, four stories and one basement high, was on the southeast corner of State and Adams, with a frontage of about 80 feet on each street. In 1887 Siegel Cooper occupied the building. According to the 1886 Robinson Fire Map, the building was called the Coggin & Schaffner Building.
About 1890 Owen Electric Belt, occupied this building. In 1905 the building was replaced by 12-story (7 stories added in 1909) Republic Building. This was torn down in 1961.
Siegel Cooper Building
1890
Robinson Fire Map
1886
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