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historically important early 20th century ornamental cast iron monogrammed d.h. burnham's peoples gas building door hardware

historically important early 20th century ornamental cast iron monogrammed d.h. burnham's peoples gas building door hardware

SKU: UR-32504-20
$895.00
photographic print of people's gas building under construction taken on march 10th, 1910. the beaux-arts style 21-story building was completed in 1911 by d.h. burnham & company.
the exterior is comprised of granite (from sidewalk above third story) with the remainder the facade containing terra cotta finished to look like granite. the massive ionic order columns are 4 feet in diameter, 30 feet in height, and weigh 25 tons each. the granite was quarried from rockport, mass.
image courtesy of the ryerson and burnham library, art institute of chicago.

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