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BF Goodrich Company Showroom

  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

The BF Goodrich Company Showroom is an early 20th century automotive showroom located on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. Designed in the Second Empire style, it served as an outlet for selling and installing B F Goodrich tires as well as distributing them to other Chicago retailers. The three-story building features glazed terra-cotta cladding and is crowned by a mansard roof. - AsNotedIn


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1911/00/00 Christian Albert Eckstorm Architect Christian A Eckstorm designs a three-story Second Empire-style showroom for BF Goodrich with a large glazed front in Chicago's Motor Row District.
1911/00/00 S N Nielsen Contractor S N Nielsen builds a new shop for B F Goodrich, completing the building with an ornate cornice, a copper mansard roof, and terra-cotta ornamentation.
1911/00/00 B F Goodrich Company Owner The B F Goodrich Company opens a shop on Michigan Avenue to sell, install and distribute rubber tires. The Automobile Takes to the Road

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Particulars for BF Goodrich Company Showroom:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Automotive
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Commerce
Building Feature Mansard Roof
Architectural Style Second Empire
Geology Terracotta



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 28th May 2009

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: B.F. Goodrich Company Showroom
Registry Address: 1925 S. Michigan Ave.
Registry Number: 09000347
Resource Type: Building
Theme Group: Motor Row, Chicago, Illinois MPS
Owner: Private
Architect: Eckstorm, Christian Albert; Nielson, S.N.
Architectural Style: Second empire
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture, Commerce
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: 1911
Historic Function: Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Specialty store
Current Function: Domestic, Commerce, Trade
Current Sub-Function: Specialty store Single dwelling

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