CULTURETECHLENSChicago Board of Trade Building II
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Combined Graph record U-02980 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-PL-0191. Master record source: User-supplied table 2026-10-16 (Chicago tallest buildings chronology) — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
The current Chicago Board of Trade Building exists as a landmark office building at 141 W. Jackson Blvd, Chicago, on the site of the 1885 building; it was commissioned in 1925 to architects Holabird & Root and officially opened on June 9, 1930. Height, stories, and the tallest-building period are NOT covered by this source (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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The current Chicago Board of Trade Building exists as a landmark office building at 141 W. Jackson Blvd, Chicago, on the site of the 1885 building; it was commissioned in 1925 to architects Holabird & Root and officially opened on June 9, 1930. Height, stories, and the tallest-building period are NOT covered by this source (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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The current Chicago Board of Trade Building exists as a landmark office building at 141 W. Jackson Blvd, Chicago, on the site of the 1885 building; it was commissioned in 1925 to architects Holabird & Root and officially opened on June 9, 1930. Height, stories, and the tallest-building period are NOT covered by this source (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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