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W. W. Kimball Building
Life Span: 1873-1905
Location: SE Corner State and Adams Streets
Architect: TBD
The Inter Ocean, May 13, 1873
Kimball in His New Establishment.
W. W. Kimball, the great piano dealer of the Northwest, has just removed to the elegant and spacious establishment on the southeast corner of State and Adams streets. He has brought together a superb stock of the excellent Hallet & Davis pianos, the Smith American organs, and excellent Union and Kimball pianos. Of these particular make of instruments, especially the Hallet & Davis pianos, it is almost unnecessary to speak. A delightful world has already pronounced them unrivaled. Such artists as Liszt, Rubinstein, Strauss, Bendal, and a host of other celebrities, commend them over all others manufactured.
To those desirous of purchasing or of obtaining instruments on time, or to rent, satisfactory bargains are guaranteed. Keep the place in mind. The handsome store on the southeast corner of State and Adams streets.
The Land Owner, September, 1873
W. W. Kimball Building
1873
Chicago Tribune, December 14, 1873
W. W. KIMBALL. The manufacture of a perfect piano is one of the greatest human efforts in an artistic way. It has taken almost an age to reach this stage of perfection, and the unrivaled instruments sent out from the factories of Hallet, Davis & Co. are the best specimens of it. For purity and richness of tone and symmetry of form they stand alone. These wonderful instruments have found their way all over the land, and their music may be heard on the Atlantic shore, by the Great Lakes, and where the Pacific rolls on the western edge of the continent. The West has been supplied, and is now supplying, by W. W. Kimball, whose elegant rooms are at the corner of State and Adams streets. Of thus exquisite piece of musical mechanism Franz Liszt says:
It is the most admirable instrument ever made.
Mr. Kimball is also the sole Western agent for the Union & Kimball pianos, which possess rare merits, and can be bought for smaller sums. He has also square, grand, and upright pianos, suitable for all tastes. The Smith American organs, which are renowned the world over, are for sale at this establishment. Anything bought of Kimball is guaranteed as to its merits, and persons contemplating the purchase of anything in the musical line should visit the establishment.
W. W. Kimball Building
1886
The Inter Ocean, May 23, 1886
Siegel Cooper Building
1890
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.
Robinson Fire Map
1886
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