Home Insurance Building

Summary

Home Insurance Building is a tower block^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of tower_block entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,408 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Home Insurance Building is located in Chicago^[3].
• Home Insurance Building is in the country of United States^[4].
• Home Insurance Building's instance of is recorded as tower block^[5].
• Home Insurance Building's instance of is recorded as destroyed building or structure^[6].
• Home Insurance Building's instance of is recorded as early skyscraper^[7].
• Home Insurance Building's architect is recorded as William Le Baron Jenney^[8].
• Home Insurance Building's Commons category is recorded as Home Insurance Building^[9].
• 1885 marks the founding of Home Insurance Building^[10].
• Home Insurance Building's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 41.8796, 'longitude': -87.632}^[11].
• Home Insurance Building's floors above ground is recorded as {'amount': '+12'}^[12].
• Home Insurance Building's state of conservation is recorded as demolished or destroyed^[13].
• Home Insurance Building's state of use is recorded as permanently closed^[14].

Body

Geography

Home Insurance Building is in the country of United States^[4]. It is located in Chicago^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include tower block^[5], destroyed building or structure^[6], and early skyscraper^[7].

History and Context

1885 marks the founding of Home Insurance Building^[10].

Why It Matters

Home Insurance Building ranks in the top 2% of tower_block entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,408 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[16]