Place 2 of 46Missouri, USA
Wainwright Building
The history
Adler & Sullivan, 1891 — the building where the steel-frame tower first learned to look like one. Sullivan's 'tall office building artistically considered' in brick and terra cotta, two blocks from the Union Trust and a National Historic Landmark.
In brief
The Wainwright Building is a 10-story, 41 m (135 ft) terra cotta office building at 709 Chestnut Street in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. The Wainwright Building is considered to be one of the first aesthetically fully expressed early skyscrapers. It was designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan and built between 1890 and 1891. It was named for local brewer, building contractor, and financier Ellis Wainwright.
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