Home Insurance Building

19th century commercial building in Chicago, Illinois
Place tower_block Q944544
Home Insurance Building
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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]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Home Insurance Building. Retrieved October 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/home-insurance-building
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  1. 4w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Instance of → tower block, destroyed building or structure, early skyscraper
    Country → United States
    State of conservation → demolished or destroyed
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11693]]: 2465607685, Adding OSM node id claim from wikidata tag on node/2465607685 in United States"
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