Wholesale District—Sears Tower Site
Yondorf Building
Life Span: 1874-1968
Location: SE Corner Quincy and Market, 225-229 S. Market Building (Sears Tower site)
Architect: Flanders & Zimmerman
Chicago Tribune, April 13, 1874
Messrs. G. C. Thayer & Co. has sold the s. e. corner of Quincy and Market streets, 60 feet west front by 125 feet deep, for $400 per front foot.
Rand, McNally’s Bird’s-Eye Views of Chicago, 1893
⑮ The Yondorf Building
Fronts 40 feet on Market Street and 100 feet on Quincy Street, at the southeast corner. It is 135 feet high, with 10 stories; 1 passenger elevator and 2 freight elevators: brick and iron exterior. Occupied by wholesale jobbers of clothing. Erected in 1874; remodeled in 1892.
What building was erected on the southwest corner of State
and Madison , Chicago , between 1873 – 1892 , after the Fire ?
Sincerely
JOHN ARANZA
I apologize for the delay, but it took a while to research as the 1873 map has the SW corner of State & Madison as an empty lot.However, I did find an illustration of the southwest corner of State & Madison which shows a 4-story building occupied on the main floor by Buck & Rayner Druggists, and on the top floors by Vandercook & Co. Engravers. Feel free to contact me at info@chicagology.com for more info.