Wholesale Exterior of the Schlesinger & Mayer Department Store

Originally named the Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company Department Store, 1 South State Street (1-19 South State Street 1-15 East Madison Street), Chicago, Cook, IL. Photographed by Richard Nickel on 4x5 film. Related architects and companies, Louis Sullivan, George Elmslie, Schlesinger & Mayer, Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company, DM Burnham & Company, Holabird & Root. Building/structure dates: 1899 initial construction Building/structure dates: 1906 subsequent work Building/structure dates: 1960 subsequent workNational Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000231 This commission of 1899-1904 was the last of the large, commercial buildings designed by Louis Sullivan, and is regarded by some as the culmination of the architect's structural and ornamental art.