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J. P. Smith Shoe Company Plant

Cook County, Illinois Registered Historic Place stubsIndustrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in ChicagoIndustrial buildings completed in 1912
J P Smith Shoe Company Plant Chicago IL
J P Smith Shoe Company Plant Chicago IL

The J. P. Smith Shoe Company Plant is a historic factory building at the corner of North Sangamon Avenue and West Huron Street in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The factory was built in 1911-12 for the J. P. Smith Shoe Company, Chicago's second-largest maker of shoes at the time. Horatio R. Wilson, a prolific local architect, designed the building. Wilson's design used metal sash windows to provide light and ventilation to workers, putting it at the forefront of a national trend in industrial construction. The emphasis on proper lighting was a recurring theme in Wilson's work, as he had also designed some of Chicago's first apartments with sun parlors. The design also used brickwork to add decorative features, such as piers and a cornice, to an otherwise functional and unadorned design.The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 14, 1985.

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J. P. Smith Shoe Company Plant
West Huron Street, Chicago West Town

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