Second Leiter Building
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Leiter II Building
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Leiter II Building, South State & East Congress Streets, Chicago (HABS photo)
Location:	Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates:	41°52′35.04″N 87°37′38.56″W / 41.8764, -87.6273778Coordinates: 41°52′35.04″N 87°37′38.56″W / 41.8764, -87.6273778
Built/Founded:	1889
Architect:	William LeBaron Jenney
Designated as NHL:	January 7, 19761
Added to NRHP:	January 7, 1976
NRHP Reference#:	760006952
Governing body:	Private

The Second Leiter Building, also known as Leiter II Building and the Sears Building, is located at the northeast corner of South State Street and East Congress Street in Chicago, Illinois. (not to be confused with Sears Tower). This landmark of the Chicago school of architecture has gained its fame for being one of the first commercial buildings still standing in the United States to have a metal skeleton frame.

Built in 1891 by Levi Leiter the Second Leiter Building was designed by architect William LeBaron Jenney who implemented the skeletal frame made of steel to make the design fireproof. The building was leased by Sears, Roebuck and Company. to become its flagship department store and still stands to this day. Its predecessor the First Leiter Building was built at Wells and Monroe in 1879 but unlike its successor the building was demolished in 1972. The Second Leiter Building was designated a landmark on January 14, 1997. The building is now home to Robert Morris College.

See also

• Chicago architecture

References

External links

• Leiter II Building Historic American Building Survey
• Leiter II Building National Historic Landmark designation on January 7, 1976

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