The Marquette Building at 140 South Dearborn Street in Chicago was designed by Holabird & Roche, and the text names William Holabird and Martin Roche with Coydon T. Purdy. The George A. Fuller Company built it in 1895. The article names no original client, and the building honors Jacques Marquette.
It is a Chicago School design with a steel frame, non-load-bearing masonry walls and a terra cotta exterior, which the article describes as both reddish and brown. The text says 16 stories but mentions a 17th in the restoration section. A two-story lobby wraps a central light court, with a Tiffany mosaic frieze.
In the 1930s it housed more than 30 railroad companies, and the MacArthur Foundation moved in after 1978. Restoration ran from 2001 to 2006. It became a National Historic Landmark in 1976, and a free exhibit has been open on the first floor since October 16, 2007.
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