The Oliver Building is located at 159 N. Dearborn Street in Chicago within the Loop.
Oliver Building | |
 Oliver Building Front Door with Oliver Typewriter Company ornamentation | |
| Location | 159 N. Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 41°53′05″N 87°37′45.5″W / 41.88472°N 87.629306°W |
| Built | 1907–1908 |
| NRHP reference No. | 83003563 [1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | 1984 |
| Designated CL | May 9, 1984 |
History
editIt was built for the Oliver Typewriter Company from 1907 to 1908 by Holabird & Roche. When two floors were added in 1920, Holabird & Roche were hired for the expansion. The cast iron exterior features typewriter-related motifs. It was declared a Chicago Landmark on May 9, 1984.[2][3]
The windows above the second floor are known as "Chicago windows," and are wide window panes bracketed by narrower double-hung windows. The windows also include the name of the company below the central pane.[3]
In the 1990s, when the Oriental Theatre wanted to expand its backstage area, architect Daniel P. Coffey came up with a design plan that gutted the Oliver while preserving one-third of its original steel structure, as well as the building's Dearborn facade and a portion of its alley facade.[4]
Notes
edit- ^ "Illinois - Cook County". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 6, 2007. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved July 6, 2007.
- ^ "Oliver Building". City of Chicago. Archived from the original on June 30, 2009. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
- ^ a b Wolfe, Gerard R. (1996). Chicago: In and Around the Loop. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. pp. 53–55. ISBN 0-07-071390-1.
- ^ Kamin, Blair (April 8, 2007). "The Danger of Becoming Skin Deep". Chicago Tribune. ProQuest 420579724.
