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Heyworth Building

Heyworth Building is a concise public starting point for commercial development and architectural branding, anchored by Chicago's landmark designation.

Heyworth Building 29 E Madison st, Chicago, Illinois Precision: Exact

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Quick Take

  • Official status: Chicago individual landmark.
  • Address: 29 E Madison st.
  • Built: 1904.
  • Architect: D.H. Burnham & Co.

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Why It Matters

Heyworth Building gives commercial development, architectural branding, and corridor and downtown change a durable public anchor.

That is what gives later archival and field work somewhere concrete to begin.

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Research Narrative

Landmark Context

Heyworth Building is publicly anchored at 29 E Madison st by the landmark designation record. Even in summary form, the record keeps together a construction date of 1904 and credits D.H. Burnham & Co. It was designated on September 27, 2000. Heyworth Building already ties commercial development, architectural branding, and corridor and downtown change to one real building before archival digging begins.

Heyworth Building is best approached by paying attention to storefront depth, upper-floor expression, and corner treatment, how the facade addresses pedestrian traffic, and later signage, infill, or reuse. The point is not just to admire the building but to understand how commercial architecture stayed visible even as the economic life around it changed.

Research Starting Points

Heyworth Building starts to deepen once research reaches 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.

Heyworth Building remains most useful when later evidence keeps returning to the site itself.

Public Actions

Campaign / Petition Record

Ordered oldest to newest.

1904

Development

Construction period recorded in city landmark data

Chicago's public landmark data records Heyworth Building as built in 1904.

September 27, 2000

Designation

Chicago individual landmark designation

City of Chicago designated Heyworth Building as an individual landmark on September 27, 2000.

February 2026

Inventory

City landmark address list and data portal record

Heyworth Building remains listed in Chicago's public individual-landmark address list and open-data record.

Sources

Source Trail

Chicago Landmark Name List 2025.6

institution

Use for official landmark status and naming.

City of Chicago Open Data: Individual Landmarks

dataset

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Chicago Landmark Address List February 2026

institution

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Place Snapshot

Place
Heyworth Building
Location
29 E Madison st, Chicago, Illinois
Coverage
Exact

Key Facts

Region
Chicago, Illinois / Midwest
Place type
Commercial Building
Current status
Preserved
Address
29 E Madison st
Built
1904
Architect
D.H. Burnham & Co.
Designated
September 27, 2000

Design / Planning Timeline

D.H. Burnham & Co.
1904

Milestone

Use as a starting point for confirming authorship against permits, drawings, and later landmark reports.

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