Heyworth Building

Click for Larger View     Address: 29 E. Madison Street
Year Built: 1904
Architect: D. H. Burnham & Co. (Frederick P. Dinkelberg, design associate)
Date Designated a Chicago Landmark:
August 30, 2000

Click for Larger View This building was built by Otto Young, a wholesale jeweler and real estate investor. Named for Young's son-in-law, Lawrence Heyworth, who supervised the building's construction, the Heyworth historically housed jewelers, watchmakers, and related businesses. It is an unusual and innovative variation on Chicago School design, combining the structurally expressive character of the Chicago School with the decorative appearance of traditional masonry architecture. The building's tapestry-like ornament complements Louis Sullivan's lavish ornament on the adjacent Carson Pirie Scott department store. Its intact decorative cornice is a highly-crafted and rare building feature among Chicago commercial buildings. It was designed by Frederick P. Dinkelberg, an important architect working for one of the largest and most influential architectural firms in the United States in the early 1900s. Other buildings by Dinkelberg include the Railway Exchange Building in Chicago and New York's Flatiron Building. In addition, one of Chicago's finest historic storefronts, designed in 1917 for O'Connor & Goldberg Shoes, remains at 23 E. Madison St.

Exterior View Frederick Dinkelberg Click for Larger View

Daniel Burnham
 
Early Skyscrapers
The Loop
Terra Cotta
 
1.Exterior, 1906
2.Terra-cotta ornament, photo by Terry Tatum, 2000
3.Exterior, photo by Terry Tatum, 2000
4.Frederick P. Dinkelberg
5.Store front at 23 E. Madison St., 1955
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