page_title: 1891 in architecture
section_title: Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: 1891 in architecture / Buildings and structures / Buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: Ludington Building
context_page_description: The year 1891 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
context_section_description: October 7 — Uris Library at Cornell University, designed by William Henry Miller, opens
  Ludington Building – Chicago, designed by William Le Baron Jenney, earliest surviving steel-framed building in the city, and the earliest entirely terracotta-clad skyscraper (8 storeys).
  Manhattan Building – Chicago, designed by William Le Baron Jenney, completed; world's earliest surviving steel-framed building to use a purely skeletal supporting structure.
  Second Leiter Building – Chicago, designed by William Le Baron Jenney.
  Monadnock Building – Chicago, tallest masonry load-bearing wall building when built.
  Sacred Heart Cathedral – Davenport, Iowa, designed by James J. Egan.
  St. Ambrose Cathedral – Des Moines, Iowa, designed by James J. Egan.
  San Sebastian Church (Manila).
  Wainwright Building – St. Louis, Missouri, designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan.
  University of Pennsylvania Library – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed by Frank Furness.
  Several buildings constructed for the General Land Centennial Exhibition world fair – Prague, including the Art Nouveau Průmyslový Palace.
  Victoria Hall (Geneva), Switzerland, a concert hall designed by Marc Camoletti.
  Stadttheater Zürich, designed by Fellner & Helmer, opened.
  House of the Estates in Helsinki, Finland, built.
  General Post Office, Birmingham, England, designed by Henry Tanner.
  Palace Theatre, Manchester, England, designed by Alfred Darbyshire.
  Château de l'Île (Schloss Inselburg), Ostwald, Bas-Rhin, France (then Germany).
caption: Ludington Building – Chicago
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