Joliet Buildings

Historical marker location:

30 N Bluff Street, Joliet, Illinois

( Marker is on North Bluff Street north of West Jefferson Street (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling south.)

I&M Canal Passage.

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.