Field Building

Landmark Context

Field Building is located at 135 S LaSalle St in the city's landmark record. The current city data lists it as dating to a construction date of 1924-34 and credits Graham, Anderson, Probst & White. It was designated on February 9, 1994. Field Building can be read through commercial development, architectural branding, and corridor and downtown change without losing sight of the actual site.

Field Building becomes materially clearer through storefront depth, upper-floor expression, and corner treatment, how the facade addresses pedestrian traffic, and later signage, infill, or reuse. That is often where the longer record of the place starts to come into focus: how commercial architecture stayed visible even as the economic life around it changed.

Research Starting Points

Field Building opens next into trade press and city directories, permit files and assessor records, and historic photographs and newspaper coverage. That is usually how a short landmark record turns into a fuller account of use, alteration, and neighborhood setting.

Field Building gives later fieldwork and archives a stable site to keep circling back to.