Studebaker Building
- Also Known As: Fine Arts Building
- Address: 410 - 418 S Michigan Ave
- Neighborhood of Chicago Loop in Chicago
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1885/00/00 | Solon S Beman | Architect | The Studebaker Bros Manufacturing Co commissions architect Solon S Beman to design an eight-story headquarters building that will consolidate the company's assembly operations and sales floor under one roof. | |||
| 1886/00/00 | Chicago and Bedford Stone Company | Supplier | The new Studebaker building in Chicago rises in Imperial Blue limestone, hewn from the famed Blue Hole at Bedford, Indiana, a material much esteemed in the present age for its dignified hue. | |||
| 1886/00/00 | Robert L Braunsdor | Contractor | Designed by SS Beman, the Fine Arts building is originally built for the Studebaker Corp for carriage sales and service operation with manufacturing on the upper floors. | |||
| 1887/00/00 | Studebaker | Office | The Studebaker Bros Manufacturing Co's new headquarters is extolled as "a model carriage factory in this country, if not in the world," with carriage assembly carried out on the upper floors and sales conducted from showrooms on the lower four levels. | |||
| 1898/00/00 | Solon S Beman | Architect | SS Beman removes the Studebacker's eighth (then the top) story and adds three new stories, extending the building to its current height. The interior features Art Nouveau motifs and murals dating. | |||
| 1908/00/00 | Frank Lloyd Wright | Workplace | Frank Lloyd Wright works from studio 1020. |
| Particulars for Studebaker Building: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Art |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Business |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Area of Significance | Literature |
| Owner | Private |
| Architectural Style | Romanesque Revival |
| Building Type | Warehouse |
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