Ludington Building Explained

Ludington Building
Designated Other1 Name:	Chicago Landmark
Designated Other1 Date:	June 10, 1996
Designated Other1 Abbr:	CL
Designated Other1 Link:	Chicago Landmark
Designated Other1 Color:	aaccff
Location:	1104 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL
Coordinates:	41.8689°N -87.6263°W
Built:	1892
Architect:	Jenney & Mundie
Architecture:	Chicago
Added:	May 8, 1980
Refnum:	80001347

The Ludington Building in Chicago, Illinois is a steel-frame building that is the oldest surviving structure of its kind in the city.^[1] It is located in the Chicago Loop community area. It was designed by William Le Baron Jenney and was named a Chicago Landmark on June 10, 1996. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1980. The Ludington Building "was commissioned by Mary Ludington Barnes for the American Book Company";^[1] presently it is one of twenty^[2] buildings that comprise the campus of Columbia College Chicago.^[3]

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1. Web site: Ludington Building. City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2003. May 14, 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070607153429/http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/L/Ludington.html. June 7, 2007. mdy-all.
2. Web site: Campus Map. Columbia College Chicago. June 3, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130613173249/http://www.colum.edu/About_Columbia/Visit/campusmap/index.php. June 13, 2013. mdy-all.
3. Web site: Ludington Building History Page. Columbia College Chicago Library. 2006. August 15, 2009.