Photograph as originally submitted to this page in the Historical Marker Database www.HMdb.org. Click on photo to resize in browser. Scroll down to see metadata.
Carson Pirie Scott & Company Building
Photographer: Courtesy of Chicago History Museum, ICHi-001571
Taken: Circa 1912
Caption: Carson Pirie Scott & Company Building
Additional Description: The first portion of the building to be built, on the left side of this photo, was nine stories tall. Three extra stories were added to the design of the subsequent sections of the building, but the old section could not support the extra weight, so remained shorter.
Submitted: April 16, 2024, by Sean Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
Database Locator Identification Number: p784607
File Size: 0.075 Megabytes

To see the metadata that may be embedded in this photo, sign in and then return to this page.
Copyright © 2005–2024, Some rights reserved.