Rand, McNally & co.'s handy guide to Chicago, and World's Columbian exposition ..What to see and how to see it . mposing. The Schiller islocated on Randolph Street between Clark and Dearborn streets. The Masonic Temple is located on the northeast co. ner ofState and Randolph streets. It is probably the highest offi-ebuilding in the world. The main entrance is beautiful and im-posing. A twelve-foot corridor runs, on every floor, around theinterior of the building. The Temple is twenty stories high. Thefirst sixteen stories are used for office and store purposes. Theseventeenth and eighteenth st
Rand, McNally & co.'s handy guide to Chicago, and World's Columbian exposition ..What to see and how to see it . mposing. The Schiller islocated on Randolph Street between Clark and Dearborn streets. The Masonic Temple is located on the northeast co. ner ofState and Randolph streets. It is probably the highest offi-ebuilding in the world. The main entrance is beautiful and im-posing. A twelve-foot corridor runs, on every floor, around theinterior of the building. The Temple is twenty stories high. Thefirst sixteen stories are used for office and store purposes. Theseventeenth and eighteenth stories are used by the Masonicfraternity. See Chapter XIV. The Temple, corner of La Salle and Monroe streets, waserected by the Womans Temperance Building Association. Thebuilding is one of the most magnificent exhibits of architecture in A TOUR OF THE CITY. 91 the city. It has a frontage of 190 feet on La Salle Street, and isninety-six feet deep. The building cost $1,100,000, and theground site has an equal valuation. The first two stories arefaced with rich red granite; the remaining stories with red brick.
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