CULTURETECHLENSTower Building (Montgomery Ward)
VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-02976 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-PL-0187. Master record source: User-supplied table 2026-10-16 (Chicago tallest buildings chronology) — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Now 282 ft after removal of its pyramid top and sculpture
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Now 282 ft after removal of its pyramid top and sculpture
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- City: Chicago
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- https://www.preservationchicago.org/buyer-wanted-penthouse-in-former-montgomery-ward-co-headquarters-building/ (verification source · master store)
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The Montgomery Ward Tower Building exists (now condominiums) as a high-rise at 6 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, built as Montgomery Ward & Co.'s headquarters tower (dated 1899; the quoted WTTW history says the tower was built in 1898). The source states it stood 394 feet and 22 stories, was the tallest building in the city at the time, and retained that title until the Wrigley Building was completed in 1922. The pyramid portion of the tower, along with its sculpture, was removed in 1947, shortening the building to 282 feet (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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