Abraham Lincoln Monument

Historical marker location:

Chicago, Illinois

( Marker can be reached from West LaSalle Drive, 0.1 miles east of North Stockton Drive, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2001

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, sculptor; Stanford White, architect. 1887.

The world's first skyscraper, the Home Insurance Building, was built in Chicago in 1884. It was only 10 stories tall, but it was the first building to use a steel frame to support its weight, which allowed it to be much taller than traditional buildings made of brick or stone.