Historic
New York Life Insurance Building, Chicago
Since 1894
The New York Life Insurance Building is a 14-story building at 39 South LaSalle Street in the Loop neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. Designed by William Le Baron Jenney, it was completed as a 12-story structure in 1894 at a cost of $800,000, equivalent to $29,769,231 in 2025. In 1898, Jenney designed a 92 ft (28 m) addition to the east of the original structure.
Why it's on the map
Designed by William Le Baron Jenney, it was completed as a 12-story structure in 1894 at a cost of $800,000, equivalent to $29,769,231 in 2025.
The building received preliminary landmark status in 2002, but in 2006, Preservation Chicago considered the building one of Chicago's most threatened.
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