1st _____ Building

By Andrew Wyne



After some thought of a topic for this next blog, I suddenly had the thought of what is the first building ever constructed. After about five seconds of research I found out that there is no possible way anyone could know, simply because humanity didn’t have the technology to document that event and more than likely it wasn’t anything to scream about, just a simple hut or living space of some sort.

After those five seconds I thought it would be more interesting to find out what building was first built with steel as its frame and was considered a skyscraper; we also had appropriate documentation of that event. I chose steel because even though it is an old system of building it is still one that is utilized today more than most types of construction (for skyscrapers). The first skyscraper made out of steel was actually the Home Insurance Building. It was constructed in 1884 in Chicago, IL. and stood until 1931 where it was torn down to make room for another building. The Home Insurance Building wasn’t any more amazing then any of the other builds around it. It was ten stories tall and by no means was the tallest in the world or even the first skyscraper. It simply utilized steel construction for the first time as its frame and no other skyscraper had used that type of system before.

If you want to read more about the Home Insurance Building check out the website where I got my information (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Insurance_Building) the website talks more about who the architect was and how tall it is and where the steel came from and different aspects of the building. As well as giving you different links to take you further in depth with the building.