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Aon Center

CTL-PL-0194 · Place

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Combined Graph record U-02983 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-PL-0194. Master record source: User-supplied table 2026-10-16 (Chicago tallest buildings chronology) — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Built as the Standard Oil Building

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Built as the Standard Oil Building

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The Aon Center exists as an 83-story skyscraper in the Chicago Loop, formerly the Standard Oil Building, standing 1,136 feet tall, designed by Edward Durell Stone and Perkins & Will, and opened in 1974. The building's own tenant portal (fetched in full 2026-10-17) gives its address as 200 East Randolph Street, Chicago, IL 60601. The tallest-building period is NOT covered by this source (fetched in full 2026-10-17)

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