Hoxie Building
Life Span: ~1873-1963
Location: SW corner Franklin and Monroe
Architect:
- Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1880
Selz, Schwab & Co. (Morris Selz, Charles H. Schwab, Max A. Meyer and John W. Bunn) boots and shoes 232 Monroe
Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1887
Kuppenheimer B & Co. (Bernard, Jonas and Louis B Kuppenheimer) clothing 232 Monroe
Chicago Tribune, October 20, 1878
STORES NOT SURPASSED BY ANY
in the city for cost and thoroughness of construction. The change in this neighborhood since the fire has been marvelous. Before the fire this district was one through which it was not pleasant, and was hardly safe, for a gentleman to pass in broad daylight. Property on Madison street, west of Wells street, could have been bought for $200 to $250 a foot. On Monroe street property would have gone begging at the same rates. The Hoxie estate of Boston paid $1,000 a foot two years ago for their property at the corner of Franklin and Monroe, and corresponding rates could be obtained now for property on Madison or Monroe street, if there were any for sale. Judge Galbraith, of Erie, has leased his building on the northeast corner of Franklin street and Madison to Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. for three years from May, 1880, for $19,300 year. Among the permits issued for new buildings not referred to above were those to W. J. Quan to erect five three-story stone-front dwellings at the corner of Ontario and Pine streets, to cost $20,000; Theodore Freeman, three-story stone-front dwelling, No. 68 Elm street, to cost $5,000: John Philbin, three-story stone-front dwelling, on LaSalle street, near Superior, to cost $5,000: the Downer & Bemis Brewing Company to erect a three-story and basement brick ice-house, 160×140 feet, at No. 80 South Park avenue, to cost $20,000; to George Watson to erect a four-storv and basement brick store, No. 13 South LaSalle street, to cost $5,000.
Inter Ocean, October 20, 1885
Will Move Jan. 1.
There is to be a considerable movement among the wholesale merchants in the vicinity of Madison and Market streets on Jan. 1, 1886. Leopold Brothers & Co, wholesale clothiers, on the corner of Madison and Franklin streets, will move into the new building at the corner of Quincy and Franklin streets. Storm & Hill, wholesale dry goods, Franklin street, south of Monroe street, will occupy the Rosenfeld Building, vacated by Leopold Brothers. They take this store because they desire to obtain a location on the direct line of trade on Madison street. Selz, Schwab & Co., wholesale boots and shoes, at the corner of Monroe and Franklin streets will move into the larger store now occupied by Storm & Hill. B. Kuppenheimer & Co., wholesale clothing, Madison street, will move into the building which Selz, Schwab & Co, will vacate, because they wish a corner store with better light. J. Meyer & Brothers, wholesale notions, located on Monroe street, will move into the Madison street store vacated by Kuppenheimer & Co., because they wish to get a location on the line of trade, Glaser & Co., wholesale children’s clothing, Fifth avenue near Madison street, will move into the Monroe street store vacated by Meyer & Brothers, because they desire a larger store. It has not been discovered that the Glaser & Co. building has been rented to any one as yet. There will be no change in the center of trade as these firms simply move in a circle.
Rand, McNally & Co.’s Bird’s-Eye Views of Chicago, 1893
⑥ The Hoxie Building
Fronts 120 feet on Franklin Street and 40 feet on Monroe Street, at the southwest corner. It is 90 feet high, with 5 stories; cut-stone and iron exterior; 3 freight elevators. The structure is occupied by wholesale jobbers of clothing, and manufacturers’ agents. Erected in 1873.
Chicago Tribune, July 2, 1963
SELL FRANKLIN, MONROE LAND AND BUILDING
The southwest corner of Franklin and Monroe streets has been sold for $900,000, it was announced yesterday. The property includes 31,772 square feet of land—200 front feet on Franklin and 160 on Monroe—and a five-story building that it being demolished.
The seller was Arthur Andersen & Co., certified public accountant. The Harris Trust and Savings bank is the trustee for the undisclosed buyer.
The sale was negotiated by R. J. Adelman, president of Arthur Rubloff & Co., who acted as sole broker in the transaction.
- Hoxie Building
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map
1906
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