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|building_name= University of the Home Insurance Building |image= |previous_building= n/a |year_built= 1885 |surpassed_by_building = New York World Building |year_end= 1890 |location= Chicago , USA |height_meters= 42 |height_feet= 138 |height_stories= 10 (later 12) |construction_period= 1885 |destroyed= 1931 |emporis_id=102645}} The Home Insurance Building was built in 1889 in Chicago , Illinois and demolished in 1931 to make way for the Field Building (now the LaSalle National Bank ). It was the first building entirely supported by a Steel frame, so is considered the first Skyscraper . It had 10 stories and rose to a height of 138 feet (42 m) high. The steel frame liberated the exterior walls from supporting the building, the walls were instead thin Curtain Walls . The architect was William LeBaron Jenney , an engineer. In fact the building weighed only one-third as much as a stone building would have; city officials were so concerned that they halted construction while they investigated its safety. The Home Insurance Building is an example of the Chicago School in Architecture . In 1890, two additional floors were built on top of the original 10-story building. |