Ludington Building
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Ludington Building
| nrhp_type =
| image = Ludington Building (51556478809).jpg
| caption =
| designated_other1_name = Chicago Landmark
| designated_other1_date = June 10, 1996
| designated_other1_abbr = CL
| designated_other1_link = Chicago Landmark
| designated_other1_color = #aaccff
| locmapin = Chicago
| location = 1104 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL
| coordinates = {{coord|41|52|8.14|N|87|37|34.83|W|region:US-IL_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| area =
| built = 1892
| architect = Jenney & Mundie
| architecture = Chicago
| added = May 8, 1980
| refnum = 80001347 {{NRISref|2007a}}
}}
The Ludington Building in Chicago, Illinois is a steel-frame building that is the oldest surviving structure of its kind in the city.{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/L/Ludington.html|title=Ludington Building|publisher=City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division|year=2003|accessdate=May 14, 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607153429/http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/L/Ludington.html|archivedate=June 7, 2007|df=mdy-all}} It is located in the Chicago Loop community area. It was designed by William Le Baron Jenney and was named a Chicago Landmark on June 10, 1996. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1980. The Ludington Building "was commissioned by Mary Ludington Barnes for the American Book Company"; presently it is one of twenty{{Cite web|url=http://www.colum.edu/About_Columbia/Visit/campusmap/index.php|title=Campus Map|publisher=Columbia College Chicago|accessdate=June 3, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613173249/http://www.colum.edu/About_Columbia/Visit/campusmap/index.php|archivedate=June 13, 2013|df=mdy-all}} buildings that comprise the campus of Columbia College Chicago.{{cite web |year=2006 |title=Ludington Building History Page |url=https://www.lib.colum.edu/archhistory/1104wabash.htm |accessdate=August 15, 2009 |publisher=Columbia College Chicago Library}}
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Category:Architectural history
Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1891
Category:Chicago school architecture in Illinois
Category:Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago
Category:University and college academic buildings in the United States
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