Lakeside Press Building

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731 S Plymouth Ct, Chicago, IL 60605, USA

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N41° 52' 21" W87° 37' 42"   (41.8725, -87.628333333333) Start navigation »

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The Lakeside Press Building is a historic commercial building located at 731 S. Plymouth Ct. in downtown Chicago, Illinois. The building served as a showroom, office, and printing press for the Lakeside Press. The building was built in two stages; the southern half was completed in 1897, while the northern half was finished in 1901. Architect Howard Van Doren Shaw designed the building, his first design of a commercial building. Shaw's design features limestone quoins, piers, and decorations, curtain walls with cast iron spandrels on the floors housing the printing presses, and a projecting cornice.The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 23, 1976.The building is now used as student housing for Columbia College Chicago and is not open for tours or visitors.

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