Peoples Gas Building

United States historic place
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Building
(2011)
41°52′47.46″N 87°37′29.77″W / 41.8798500°N 87.6249361°W / 41.8798500; -87.6249361
Built1911
ArchitectDaniel Burnham & Company
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts
NRHP reference No.84000293[1]
Added to NRHP1984

The Peoples Gas Building at 122 South Michigan Avenue on the corner of Adams Street in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.

Description and history

The 265-foot (81 m) 21-story office building was built from 1910 to 1911 and was designed by D.H. Burnham & Company.[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and is also a contributing property for Chicago's Michigan Boulevard Historic District.

Since November 5, 2012, the building's sixteenth floor has hosted the chancery of the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago.

Tenants

  • Axa Assistance[3]

References

Notes
  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Peoples Gas Company Building : 122 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Architecture Info". www.chicagoarchitecture.info. Archived from the original on 2010-06-20.
  3. ^ The Axa Group/Axa Worldwide/North America/United States

External links

  • Media related to Peoples Gas Building at Wikimedia Commons


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