Born: 1853, Cleveland, Ohio, United States - Died: 1927 American Architect - Designed Buildings: Marquette Building - Soldier Field - Gage Building

Dr.
Martin Roche
• Born: 1853, Cleveland, Ohio, United
States
• Died: 1927
• American architect
• Designed buildings: Marquette
Building
• Soldier field
• Gage building
Marquette Building:
• The Marquette Building, completed in 1895, is a Chicago landmark that was built by the George A.
• Fuller Company and designed by architects Holabird & Roche.
• The building is currently owned by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. It is located
in the community area known as the "Loop" in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
• The building was one of the early steel frame skyscrapers of its day, and is considered one of the best
examples of the Chicago School of architecture.
• The building originally had a reddish, terra cotta exterior that is now somewhat blackened due to
decades of Loop soot.
• It is noted both for its then cutting edge frame and its ornate interior.
• Since construction, the building has received numerous awards and honors.
• It was designated a Chicago Landmark on June 9, 1975, and is considered an architectural
masterpiece.
• It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 17, 1973 and named a National
Historic Landmark on January 7, 1976.
• The building's preservation has been a major focus of the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois.
• The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation completed an extensive four-year restoration in
2006.
GAGE BUILDING
•The Gage Group Buildings consist of three
buildings located at 18, 24 and 30 S. Michigan
Avenue, between Madison Street and Monroe
Street, in Chicago, Illinois. They were built
from 1890–1899, designed by Holabird &
Roche for the three millinery firms - Gage,
Keith and Ascher. The building at 18 S.
Michigan Avenue has an
ornamental façade designed by
Louis Sullivan. It was listed on the National
Register of Historic Places on November 14,
1985, and was designated a Chicago
Landmark on September 11, 1996.
In addition, it is a historic district contributing
property for the Chicago Landmark Historic
Michigan Boulevard District.
•May 30, 2007 view of building The façades of these buildings demonstrate two different approaches
to the Chicago School, a design movement that led to the creation of modern commercial architecture.
The buildings by Holabird & Roche are straightforward, while the facade designed by Sullivan
exemplifies his more expressive approach.
•The tallest building is known as "18 South Michigan Avenue" and was previously called the Gage
Brothers and Company Building. Before the Chicago
street addresses were changed in 1909, the building had the address of 130 S. Michigan Avenue. The
ornamental flourishes at the top of Sullivan's façade
were pushed upwards when four stories were added in 1902 by different architects. This is one of only
five buildings in Chicago designed by Louis Sullivan
that are still standing.
•The two smaller buildings to the south are also part of the Gage Group Buildings. The Edson Keith
and Company Building is connected to the Gage Building a
and is located at 24 S. Michigan Avenue. The Theodore Ascher and Company Building is also known
as the 30 South Michigan Building.
•The 12-story historic Gage Building was built in 1899 as a millinery factory for the Gage
Brothers and features ongoing restoration of the terra cotta façade designed by Louis Sullivan.
In 1985, The Gage Building took their place on the National Register of Historic Places and in
1996, it was designated a Chicago landmark. In the early 1900’s, the three building were
separated into two and in 2007, 18 – 28 South Michigan was completely renovated and
converted to office condominiums. Lincoln Property Company currently manages The Gage
Commercial Condominium Association. The 12-story historic Gage Building features 175,000 rentable
square feet (RSF) of office and 15,000 RSF of prime ground floor retail space. Built in 1899 as a millinery
factory for the Gage Brothers, the recently restored terra cotta façade was designed by Louis Sullivan of
the Chicago School of Architecture firm, Holabrid & Roche. The first seven (7) floors are 19,000 RSF and
floors 8 through 12 contain approximately 9,000 RSF per floor of office space.
SOLDIER FIELD
• Designated1987Delisted2006The stadium's interior was mostly demolished and
rebuilt as part of a major renovation project in 2002, which modernized the facility
but lowered seating capacity, while also causing it to be delisted as a National
Historic Landmark.
• Soldier Field has served as the home venue for a number of other sports teams in
its history.
• Beginning in 1978, the plank seating was replaced by individual seats with backs
and armrests. In 1982, a new press box as well as 60 skyboxes were added to the
stadium, boosting capacity to 66,030. In 1988, 56 more skyboxes were added
increasing capacity to 66,946. Capacity was slightly increased to 66,950 in 1992.
By 1994, capacity was slightly reduced to 66,944. During the renovation, seating
capacity was reduced to 55,701 by building a grandstand in the open end of the U
shape. This moved the field closer to both ends at the expense of seating capacity.
The goal of this renovation was to move the fans closer to the field. The front row
50-yard line seats were then now only 55 feet (17 m) away from the sidelines, the
shortest distance of all NFL stadiums, until MetLife Stadium opened in 2010, with
a distance of 46 feet.
• He said that, “I would never say that Soldier Field is an architectural landmark.
Nobody has copied it; nobody has learned from it. People like it for nostalgic
reasons. They remember the games and parades and tractor pulls and veterans'
affairs they've seen there over the years. I wouldn't do this if it were the Parthenon.
But this isn't the Parthenon.”
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RENNOVATED STADIUM

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