page_title: 1880s
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: 1880s / Popular culture / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: English: Exterior of the Home Insurance Building by architect William Le Baron Jenney in Chicago, Illinois.
context_page_description: The 1880s was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1880, and ended on December 31, 1889.
  The decade occurred at the core period of the Second Industrial Revolution. The modern city as well as the sky-scraper rose to prominence in this decade as well, contributing to the economic prosperity of the time. The 1880s were also part of the Gilded Age, in the United States, which lasted from 1874 to 1907.
context_section_description: Home Insurance Building, the first skyscraper in history, becomes the tallest man-made structure ever built after it officially opened in 1885.
  March 31, 1889 – The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated (opens May 6). At 300 m, its height exceeds the previous tallest structure in the world by 130 m.
caption: Home Insurance Building
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