Gage Group Buildings

Gage Group Buildings consist of three buildings located at 18, 24 and 30 South Michigan Avenue between Madison Street and Monroe Street. Michigan Avenues double-decker bridge over the Chicago River. ...

They were built in 1899-1890 by Holabird & Roche for the millinery firms of Keith, Gage and Ascher. The Gage Building at 18 South Michigan Avenue has flowery facades designed by Louis Sullivan. The architectural firm of Holabird & Roche was founded in Chicago in 1880. ... Millinery is womens hats and other articles sold by a milliner, or the profession or business of designing, making, or selling hats for women. ... The Gage Building illustrated in Chicago Sunday Tribune, Feb. ... The word facade (or façade) can mean one of several things. ... Louis Sullivan Louis Henry (Henri) Sullivan (September 3, 1856–April 14, 1924) was an American architect, called the father of modernism. He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, and was a mentor to Frank Lloyd...

The facades, which resulted from Sullivan's collaboration with Holabird & Roche, demonstrate two different approaches to the Chicago School, a design movement that led to the creation of modern commercial architecture. The buildings by Holabird & Roche are straightforward, while the facade designed by Sullivan (the Gage Building at 18 S. Michigan Avenue) exemplifies his more expressive approach. Chicago architecture is famous throughout the world and one style is referred to as the Chicago School. ... Modern architecture is a broad term given to a number of building styles with similar characteristics, primarily the simplification of form and the elimination of ornament, that first arose around 1900. ... The Gage Building illustrated in Chicago Sunday Tribune, Feb. ...