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The Home Insurance Building was the first skyscraper to be build in New York. The Home Insurance Building was some 138 feet tall (more than 10 stories) and was unique due to the integration of steel into the framework of the building.
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Where was the first the first skyscraper built?
The world's first skyscraper was built in Chicago and was completed in 1885. It was the building for Home Insurance.
Who built the first metal-frame skyscraper?
Who made the first metal framed skyscraper
What did the original skyscraper look like?
The first skyscraper was a 5-story building in New york Ny
When was the world's first skyscraper built?
1884-1885
What city is the first American skyscraper built in?
Chicago,IL in 1885
Where was the first skyscraper?
The worlds first skyscraper is in Ditherington; Shrewsbury. It is the Flax Mill which was built in 1797 http://www.investinshropshire.com/didyouknow.aspx The first skyscraper was the Home Insurance Building in Chicago. - This was built in 1885 and is not the worlds first. Depends on who you talk to. What we consider a skyscraper today first came on to the scene in 1890 called the Wainwright building located in St Louis MO. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wainwright01.jpg
What was the first skyscraper in New York City?
The Singer Building in Manhattan was built and completed in 1908. It was the world's tallest building between the years 1908 and 1909.
What was the name of the first skyscraper ever built?
the home insurance comany building
Who built the first metal frame skyscraper?
William Le Baron Jenney
What was the first skyscraper built in America?
a ten story insurance building in Chicago
How tall was the world's first skyscraper built in 1885?
it was 10 stories tall.
The first skyscraper was built in what city?
The "Home Insurance Building" in Chicago was a ten-story edifice constructed in 1885, and is considered to have been the first skyscraper.
