Aon Center
VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
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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- Also known as: Standard Oil Building
- City: Chicago
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- https://www.tclf.org/landscapes/aon-center (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
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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Chicago: CultureTechLens. “Aon Center (CTL-PL-0194).” CultureTechLens Combined Graph. Chicago, IL: CultureTechLens, 2026. https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-pl-0194/
APA: CultureTechLens. (2026). Aon Center (CTL-PL-0194) [Entity record]. CultureTechLens Combined Graph. https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-pl-0194/
MLA: CultureTechLens. “Aon Center (CTL-PL-0194).” CultureTechLens Combined Graph, 2026, https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-pl-0194/
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