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DYK: Worlds First Skyscraper?

Oct 12, 2020 | Building, Construction, & Architecture, Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting

Did you know that the Home Insurance Building in Chicago is generally considered the world’s first skyscraper?

Completed in 1885, it was the first to use a curtain wall construction on a steel frame!

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