Masonic Temple (Chicago)

The Masonic Temple ( Masonic Temple ) was a Chicago skyscraper built in 1892, the ausnützte the then existing until the 1920s height limit of the municipal building code maximum. The skyscraper was completed in time for the Chicago World's Fair and was taking the highest usable space as a benchmark, with 92 m height for a short time the tallest building in the world. He stood at the corner of Randolph Street and State Street, was built by the architectural firm of Burnham & Root.

The 22 - story building was arranged around a central courtyard. Nine floors were rented out to shops, offices were about. The meeting rooms of the Masons were in the upper floors of the building. These premises were also used as venues for theater shows and similar events, which, however, the discharge capacity of the elevators overtaxed regularly. The business tenants were dissatisfied with this situation, which contributed significantly to the early demolition of the building in 1939.