Woman’s Temple (Chicago)

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Woman’s Temple (Chicago) was a prominent late-19th-century Chicago office and commercial building designed by architect Martin Roche, notable for its association with the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and early skyscraper development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commercial building
historic building
office building
skyscraper
affiliation Woman's Christian Temperance Union
surface form: Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
architect Holabird & Roche
Martin Roche
architecturalStyle Chicago School of Architecture
surface form: Chicago School
associatedWith Woman's Christian Temperance Union
surface form: Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
category buildings and structures in Chicago
skyscraper office buildings in Chicago
temperance movement buildings
country United States of America
surface form: United States
era late 19th century
function headquarters space for reform organizations
rental offices
heritage women’s reform movement
historicalPeriod Gilded Age
locatedIn Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago

Illinois
United States of America
surface form: United States
movement temperance movement
namedAfter Woman’s Christian Temperance Union’s mission
notableFor association with the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
role in early skyscraper development
significance example of early steel-frame commercial architecture in Chicago
symbol of women’s civic and social activism in the United States
use commercial
office

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Martin Roche notableWork Woman’s Temple (Chicago)