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The first "steel and iron frame tall building" in Chicago was the Home Insurance building, completed in 1884, opened in 1885, and demolished in 1931.

The US President through March 4, 1885 was Chester Alan Arthur (Garfield's Vice President), followed by the first term of Grover Cleveland.

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