THE MONADNOCK 53 W. JACKSON BLVD HISTORY OF THE MONADNOCK BUILDING • Constructed in 1889-1893 • Commissioned by Peter and Shepherd Brooks • Construction managed by Owen Aldis • Architects Burnham & Root (North building) and Holabird & Roche (South building) • Built on lots 70 by 200 feet and 68 by 200 feet • Stands 197 feet tall • A transitional skyscraper spanning old and new building technologies http://chuckmanchicagonostalgia.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/mo nadnock-building-dearborn-and-jackson-1907/ MODERNIZATION AND RESTORATION • Designed to operate as four separate office buildings named after New England mountains • From north to south - Monadnock, Kearsarge, Katahdin and Wachusett • Renovations or “Progressive styling” of 1938 • Modernized to compete with new buildings of the 1920s and to save it from the wrecking ball • Building sold to William Donnell in 1979 • Couldn’t finance a total remodel • Chose an incremental restoration to original condition • Worked from original drawings and two old photographs Before 1938 restoration After 1938 restoration ORIGINAL PLANS ARCHITECTURE FIRM BURNHAM & ROOT • John Wellborn Root • 1850-1891 • Daniel Burnham • 1846-1912 • Met in 1872 as draftsmen • Firm established in 1873 BURNHAM & ROOT • First major project in 1874 • Montauk Building in1882 for Peter Brooks • Designed the original Art Institute • Monadnock Building was Root’s last design • Burnham and Root buildings include Reliance Building (1891) and the Rookery (1885-1888) • After Root’s death, Burnham continued adding buildings to the Chicago skyline BURNHAM & ROOT ARCHITECTURE FIRM HOLABIRD & ROCHE • William Holabird & Martin Roche • Partnered in 1883 • Constructed many iconic Chicago School buildings • Monadnock (south building) • Chicago Building (1904) • Gage Building (Louis Sullivan façade) (1899) • Marquette Building (1893-1895) • Old Colony Building (1894).