{"nrhp_refnum":"76000705","name":"South Dearborn Street-Printing House Row Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"343, 407, 431 S. Dearborn St. and 53 W. Jackson Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.87849946000006,"lon":-87.62817449399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-01-07","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1976-01-07","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district in downtown Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, centered on South Dearborn Street, made up of four late 19th-century commercial and office buildings: the Manhattan, Fisher, Old Colony and Monadnock buildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district groups four landmark buildings of the Chicago School that advanced skyscraper engineering and commercial design. The Manhattan Building was the tallest in the world when built and the first to use wind bracing for its skeleton frame. The Fisher Building was an early curtain wall structure, and the Monadnock is one of the largest masonry bearing wall buildings ever constructed.","narrative":"This compact district along South Dearborn Street in Chicago brings together four major commercial buildings of the late 1800s, in an area associated with publishing and printing. The Manhattan Building, designed by William LeBaron Jenney, was the world's tallest when built and was the first to use wind bracing on its skeleton frame. Daniel Burnham's Fisher Building, with Gothic ornament, was one of the first curtain wall structures. The Old Colony Building, by Holabird and Roche, shows construction techniques of its day, and its narrow form suited the printing trades. The Monadnock Building was built in two parts, a north half by Burnham and Root in 1880-1891 and a south half by Holabird and Roche in 1893. It is one of the largest masonry bearing wall structures ever built and is often praised for its unified design. Together the buildings illustrate the Chicago School and the development of the skyscraper.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"William LeBaron Jenney (Manhattan); Daniel H. Burnham (Fisher); William Holabird and Martin Roche (Old Colony); Daniel Burnham and John Root, then Holabird and Roche (Monadnock)","architectural_style":"Chicago School; the Manhattan Building is described as Romanesque in style","criteria":[],"status_note":"The district is privately owned and marked occupied, with commercial use. The Monadnock Building is rated good in condition. The Manhattan Building's main door on South Dearborn Street was altered later.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.791061-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/38/8915/28891538/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/76000705_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000705/b760a4a2d6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000705/b760a4a2d6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.5","author":"User:JeremyA","credit_html":"User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_Dearborn_Street_060409.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"98001351","name":"Loop Retail Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/loop-retail-historic-district-98001351/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891538","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_House_Row_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7245313"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/south-dearborn-street-printing-house-row-historic-district-76000705/"}