lithograph of chicago herald building, also known as the andrews building, stood at 161–165 west washington street in chicago, il. designed by the burnham & root in 1891

its front facade featured the chicago herald, a cast-bronze statue sculpted by johannes gelert in 1890 and nicknamed the “bugle boy.” the statue survived demolition, was acquired by the chicago historical society—now the chicago history museum—and was later donated to st. ignatius college prep, where it remains in the school’s architectural ornament graveyard.

the building is also important to structural engineering history because of its connection to the neighboring chicago stock exchange building, designed by adler & sullivan and built in 1893–1894. in 1894, the herald building’s owners feared that pile-driving for the stock exchange would damage their walls and shared property lines, so they obtained an injunction blocking nearby pile work. engineer general william sooy smith responded by pioneering the first use of “chicago caissons”—deep, hand-dug cylindrical concrete shafts sunk to hardpan—to support the stock exchange wall without harming the herald building.

although preservationists such as richard nickel salvaged the chicago stock exchange’s terra-cotta exterior and trading room in 1972, the herald building was lost in 1936. before its demolition, its interiors were extensively documented, including its ornate counting rooms and basement printing presses, which were visible from the sidewalk.