Northwestern Terra Cotta Company Building

Chicago, United States

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Built in 1905 in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood, the Northwestern Terra Cotta Company Building is a Chicago School structure designed by architect Theodore Andresen that originally served as the office headquarters for one of the nation's leading terra cotta manufacturers. Terra cotta was a dominant decorative material of the era, particularly in the emerging Chicago School of architecture, and the Northwestern Terra Cotta Company supplied the material for several major Chicago landmarks including the Rookery Building, the Wrigley Building, and the Sullivan Center. The company's production plant closed in 1932 and was largely demolished, leaving this office building at 1701–1711 W. Terra Cotta Place as the site's only significant surviving structure. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.