The Ludington Building is the earliest-surviving, steel-frame building in Chicago, Illinois. It is located in the Chicago Loop

Chicago Loop

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 community area

Community areas of Chicago

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. It was designed by William Le Baron Jenney

William Le Baron Jenney

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 and was named a Chicago Landmark

Chicago Landmark

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 on June 10, 1996. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 on May 8, 1980. The Ludington Building "was commissioned by Mary Ludington Barnes for the American Book Company"; presently it is one of seventeen buildings that comprise the campus of Columbia College Chicago

Columbia College Chicago

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