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My Architecture & Design Photography: Details/Particulars, Art Deco elevator bank (1929), 105 W. Madison Street, Chicago, Burnham Brothers.

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FEATURE Image: December 2015. Art Deco Elevator Bank (1929). 3.99mb DSC_0958 (2). Author’s photograph.

December 2015. Art Deco elevator bank, 105 W. Madison (1929), Chicago. 3.99mb DSC_0958 (2). Author’s photograph.

In the heart of Chicago’s Loop, 105 W. Madison Street (2 S. Clark St.) is an Art Deco beauty built in 1929 by the Burnham Brothers firm. The sons of Daniel Hudson Burnham (1846-1912), Daniel Hudson Burnham Jr. (1886–1961) and Hubert Burnham (1882-1968) erected the 22-story building with a tripartite façade and window treatments emphasizing the building’s height with glorious details inside and out. 105 W. Madison follows the neo-classic style employing light brown applied masonry with terra-cotta accents on the exterior and an art-deco interior, including this elevator bank on the lobby floor.

Daniel Hudson Burnham Jr. (1886–1961), Tuesday, July 20, 1926, Chicago Tribune. Public Domain.
Hubert Burnham (1882-1968). Public Domain.