custom-designed "german silver" plated cast bronze marquette building interior office doorknob backplate and matching hinges with neogrec design motif

BLDG. 51 MUSEUM COLLECTION
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UR-29805-18
yale & towne mfg. co., new britian, ct.

 

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original c. 1895 marquette building german silver plated ornamental cast brass interior office door backplate and hinges salvaged from holabird and roche's marquette building. the custom-designed hardware features a unique repeating neogrec key design motif. manufactured by the yale & towne mfg. co., stamford, ct. the marquette building (1895) is a chicago landmark built by the george a. fuller company and designed by architects holabird & roche. the building was one of the early steel frame skyscrapers of its day, and is considered one of the best examples of the chicago school of architecture. the building originally had a reddish, terra cotta exterior that is now somewhat blackened due to decades of soot. it is noted both for its then cutting edge frame and its ornate interior. since being built, the building has received numerous awards and honors. it was designated a chicago landmark on june 9, 1975, and it is considered an architectural masterpiece. it was added to the national register of historic places on august 17, 1973. it was a named a national historic landmark on january 7, 1976. the building was named after father jacques marquette, the first european settler in chicago, who explored the chicago region in 1674 and wintered in the area for the 1674-5 winter season. it was designed by william holabird and martin roche, with coydon t. purdy, architects of the firm holabird & roche. in the 1930's the building was the downtown headquarters for over 30 railroad companies. its lobby connects with the d.h. burnham & company designed edison building to the west providing a pedway from dearborn to clark. around 1950, the terra-cotta cornice was removed from the marquette building when an additional story was added. it is considered an exemplary model of the chicago school of architecture. the architects, holabird & roche, used trademark long horizontal bay "chicago windows" on the marquette building. these are large panes of glass flanked by narrow sash windows. the grid-like window frames and spandrels are facilitated by the steel structure which enables non-load-bearing masonry walls. this was one of the first steel framed skyscrapers. wave-like moldings decorate the faade, which is made of horizontally banded brown terra cotta. the building is built around a central light court featuring an ornate, two-story lobby. the ensemble of mosaics, sculptures, and bronze of the marquette building entry and interior honors jacques marquettes 1674-5 expedition. four bas relief panels over the main entrance by sculptor hermon atkins macneil show different scenes from marquette's trip through the great lakes region, ending with one depicting his burial. the revolving door panels feature carvings of panther's heads. the hexagonal railing around the lobby atrium is decorated with a mosaic frieze by the tiffany studio depicting events in the life of jacques marquette, his exploration of illinois, and native americans he met. the mosaics are by louis comfort tiffany and his chief designer and art director, jacob adolph holzer; they contain panels of lustered tiffany glass, mother-of-pearl, and semi-precious stones. priced for the set.

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