Home Insurance Building (English Wikipedia)

Smith, Chrysti M. (2006). Verbivore's Feast: Second Course: More Word & Phrase Origins. Farcountry Press. p. 289. ISBN 9781560374022. Retrieved January 19, 2012. The word skyscraper, in its architectural context, was first applied to the Home Insurance Building, completed in Chicago in 1885.
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Larson 1987, p. 39 Larson, Gerald R. (1987). "The Iron Skeleton Frame: Interactions Between Europa and the United States". In Zukowsky, John (ed.). Chicago Architecture 1872–1922 Birth of a Metropolis. Munich: Prestel Verlag. 39-56. ISBN 9783791308371. OCLC 19850754.
Larson 1987, p. 51 Larson, Gerald R. (1987). "The Iron Skeleton Frame: Interactions Between Europa and the United States". In Zukowsky, John (ed.). Chicago Architecture 1872–1922 Birth of a Metropolis. Munich: Prestel Verlag. 39-56. ISBN 9783791308371. OCLC 19850754.
Larson 1987, p. 54 Larson, Gerald R. (1987). "The Iron Skeleton Frame: Interactions Between Europa and the United States". In Zukowsky, John (ed.). Chicago Architecture 1872–1922 Birth of a Metropolis. Munich: Prestel Verlag. 39-56. ISBN 9783791308371. OCLC 19850754.
Larson 1987, pp. 39–40 Larson, Gerald R. (1987). "The Iron Skeleton Frame: Interactions Between Europa and the United States". In Zukowsky, John (ed.). Chicago Architecture 1872–1922 Birth of a Metropolis. Munich: Prestel Verlag. 39-56. ISBN 9783791308371. OCLC 19850754.
Larson 1987, p. 48 Larson, Gerald R. (1987). "The Iron Skeleton Frame: Interactions Between Europa and the United States". In Zukowsky, John (ed.). Chicago Architecture 1872–1922 Birth of a Metropolis. Munich: Prestel Verlag. 39-56. ISBN 9783791308371. OCLC 19850754.
Larson 1987, p. 52 Larson, Gerald R. (1987). "The Iron Skeleton Frame: Interactions Between Europa and the United States". In Zukowsky, John (ed.). Chicago Architecture 1872–1922 Birth of a Metropolis. Munich: Prestel Verlag. 39-56. ISBN 9783791308371. OCLC 19850754.