Home Insurance Building

The Home Insurance Building was a Chicago high-rise building, dating from 1885, which is considered the first modern skyscraper in the world due to its time -off height of 42 meters and ten floors. The building was designed by the civil engineer William Le Baron Jenney. In 1890 it was expanded to two more floors to a total of twelve floors and thus of 55 meters. The Home Insurance Building and some surrounding buildings were demolished in 1931 and by the LaSalle National Bank Building ( completed in 1934, 45 floors, 163 meters) replaced.