The Field Building
THIS SECTION OF
THE FIELD BUILDING
IS ERECTED ON THE SITE OF
THE HOME INSURANCE
BUILDING
WHICH STRUCTURE, DE SIGNED AND BUILT IN
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR BY
THE LATE WILLIAM LEBARON JENNEY, WAS
THE FIRST HIGH BUILDING TO UTILIZE AS
THE BASIC PRINCIPLE OF ITS DESIGN THE
METHOD KNOWN AS SKELETON CONSTRUCTION
AND, BEING A PRIMAL INFLUENCE IN THE
ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PRINCIPLE, WAS
THE TRUE FATHER OF THE SKYSCRAPER
1932
Submitted by @RossNWirth