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The first American Skyscraper was invented in Chicago by William Le Baron Jenney, The Home Insurance Building in 1885. The Home Insurance was 10 feet, built using a skeletal frame, and required a safe elevator. The building was demolished in 1931 to make way for the LaSalla Bank Building.
Some say it was the Equitable Life Insurance Building in New York in 1870 by architects, Arthur Gilman and Edward H. Kendall. The Equitable was 7 feet, and used a safe elevator, but it is not confirmed that it used a skeletal frame. The building was destroyed in a fire in 1912.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe first skycrapper built was in Chicago, IL and it's called the Home Insurance Building.
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∙ 12y agoI'm Not Completey Sure, But I Would Have To Say The Twin Towers, Thats In My Oppinion:)....Hope This Helps!
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∙ 11y agoIbadan
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The "Home Insurance Building" in Chicago was a ten-story edifice constructed in 1885, and is considered to have been the first skyscraper.
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