| Address | 36 W. Randolph Street, Chicago, IL |
|---|---|
| Built | 1872-74 |
| Architect | Wheelock & Thomas, 2 story add + atrium 1889 Huber |
| Status | Designated Chicago Landmark |
| Designation Date | November 23, 1983 (Final)City Council Journal of the Proceedings, p. 3564 |
| Neighborhood | Loop |
| Type | Office and commercial building |
| Landmark ID | L-95 |
Direct quotes from the Chicago Landmark Designation Report
“Although this building type flourished in the 1870s, the Committee believes that the Delaware Building is the only one of its size to remain so intact one hundred years later.”
“Otis L. Wheelock died in 1886. The Bryant Block was significantly remodeled (both inside and out) in 1889 when the Chicago Real Estate Board moved into the building and it was renamed the Real Estate Board Building.”
“Both the Delaware and McCarthy Buildings are Italianate in style and their facades are similar in many respects. They employ some of the same ornamental features, have arches above the windows, and similar Corinthian columns supporting these arches.”
“The architect, Otis Leonard Wheelock, was born in 1816 in Cambridge, New York. He was a student of Minard Lefever, a New York architect who specialized in Egyptian and Greek Revival styles.”
“The upper floors are brick and artificial stone with some metal support. A When the building was remodeled in 1889, three bays were removed from the eastern end of the Randolph Street facade.”
What other designation reports say about this building
“One of the firm's few other surviving structures is the Delaware Building, 36 W. Randolph, a designated Chicago Landmark (see drawing, page 9). Little is known about Thomas, other than the fact that he and his father, William, were…”
“The other building categories from this period included: premier office buildings, such as the Delaware Building (36 W. Randolph, 1872-74) and the Washington Block (40 N. Wells, 1873-74); second-class office buildings, such as the Stone and Palmer buildings (15 and 25 W.”
“One of the their few other surviving buildings is the Delaware Building, 36 W. Randolph (designated a Chicago Landmark in 1983). Adler and Sullivan was one of the most significant architectural offices in Chicago during the 1880s and…”
“Three of his buildings, the Haskell-Barker (18 and 24 S. Wabash, 1875) and the Delaware buildings (36 W. Randolph, 1872) are designated Chicago Landmarks. Significant Historical or Architectural Features Whenever a building is under consideration for landmark…”