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In 1892, the Masonic Temple rose twenty-two stories at the corner of Randolph and State Streets. With its high pitched gables and flat-topped roof leveling off at 302 feet, the structure was shorter than New York&#8217;s World Building with its lantern, but boasted the highest occupied floor (cf. this issue for the Sears Tower). Designed by Burnham and Root, Chicago&#8217;s most prominent commercial architects, it featured a central light court ringed by shops on the first nine floors with offices above and meeting rooms for the Masons on the uppermost floors.<\/p>\n<p>The Masonic Temple employed a rigid steel frame with wrought iron windbracing placed diagonally between the structural members above the 10th floor. As light was a prime concern, large windows were installed from top to bottom, clearly illustrating the practicality of a steel-framed building. It was described as &#8220;perhaps the frankest admission of a structural and economic necessity ever expressed in architectural form.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Due to height regulations enacted in 1892, The Masonic remained Chicago&#8217;s tallest building until the 1920&#8217;s when the city&#8217;s new zoning laws permitted towers. In 1939, its offices and stores considered old fashioned, The Masonic Temple was demolished.<\/p>\n<p>Text by Melissa Matlins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nChart Back Next Height: 302 feet (92 meters) to roof Location:\u00a0Chicago, U.S.A. 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