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Standard Oil Building 13th St.
Posted by: Chistorian51 ()
Date: October 29, 2014 10:45AM

Anybody know anything about this building. It looks like it is currently being rehabbed, loft maybe?. Check out the pavers on the side street!https://maps.google.com/maps?biw=1280&bih=869&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&wrapid=tljp141458633101010&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=2222+w+13th+st&layer=c&z=17&iwloc=A&sll=41.865118,-87.682052&cbp=13,7.5,0,0,0&cbll=41.864842,-87.682101&sa=X&ei=6N9QVN2OEdGbyATk-YCQDA&ved=0CB4QxB0wAA&output=classic&dg=brw

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Re: Standard Oil Building 13th St.
Posted by: rjmachon ()
Date: October 30, 2014 02:49PM

Here's another picture for you of the building at night. The building was built around 1916 per CityNews.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nvaughn/13921900724/



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Re: Standard Oil Building 13th St.
Date: October 30, 2014 03:59PM

[b]What's going up there now? I saw it by those little houses on Oakley.[/b]

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Re: Standard Oil Building 13th St.
Posted by: Dunning1 ()
Date: October 30, 2014 04:50PM

You mention the Standard Oil building on 13th Street. Could you mean the Standard Oil Building at 910 S. Michigan Avenue? It was the HQ of Standard Oil before they built the Amoco Building on East Randolph. On August 10, 1926, it was the site of a famous mob shootout between Hymie Weiss and Schemer Drucci against some Capone mobsters. At that time, the building held the offices of the Metropolitan Sanitary Commission, and Weiss and Drucci were going over to visit some politically connected types that worked there.

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Re: Standard Oil Building 13th St.
Posted by: rjmachon ()
Date: October 30, 2014 05:11PM

No Dunning1, it is the Standard Oil Co. building at 2223-2225 W. 13th St. It is etched in limestone above the door. Check out the Google view.

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Re: Standard Oil Building 13th St.
Date: October 30, 2014 11:03PM

[b]Yes I see it on street view myself. Very interesting. I missed it at first.[/b]

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Re: Standard Oil Building 13th St.
Posted by: Chistorian51 ()
Date: October 31, 2014 10:54AM

Not sure, my guess is something related to the Medical District. Its nice to see at least one of the buildings from this old,gone neighborhood survive.

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Re: Standard Oil Building 13th St.
Posted by: rjmachon ()
Date: October 31, 2014 05:20PM

Whatever this building was or going to be is a mystery to me. I didn't find anything on this building. Nothing under historic buildings, nothing in the Chicago Tribune archives or even on Google.


[b]Does the Polk Directory show addresses on the number streets?[/b]



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Re: Standard Oil Building 13th St.
Posted by: shekaago ()
Date: November 05, 2014 06:11PM

On the Sanborn Fire Map - [b]Chicago 1905-1951 vol.7, 1917, Sheet 98[/b] - it shows that Standard Oil occupied nearly that whole parcel of land from the tracks, north to 13th Street and between Leavitt and S. Irving (now called Hamilton).



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Re: Standard Oil Building 13th St.
Posted by: shekaago ()
Date: November 05, 2014 06:23PM

[url=http://www.imdc.org/about/illinois-medical-district-map]Map of Illinois Medical District - See Building 20 (Non-Profits & Businesses)[/url]

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Re: Standard Oil Building 13th St.
Posted by: shekaago ()
Date: November 05, 2014 07:18PM

And here's a bit more information on that building...[url=http://www.imdc.org/about/news-press-releases/74-icecf-awards-nearly-1-million-to-support-imd-expansion]ICECF Awards Nearly $1 Million to Support IMD Expansion[/url]

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Re: Standard Oil Building 13th St.
Posted by: shekaago ()
Date: November 06, 2014 01:45PM

[url=http://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2014/09/chicago-pd-season-2-episode-1-call-it.html]Building was also used as a filming location for Chicago PD - Season 2, Episode 1, scroll down to (0:34)[/url]

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Re: Standard Oil Building 13th St.
Posted by: Chistorian51 ()
Date: November 07, 2014 07:25PM

Nice work Skekaago, that just about solves the mystery.

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Re: Standard Oil Building 13th St.
Posted by: shekaago ()
Date: November 10, 2014 03:36PM

Thanks, Chistorian51! I also found, on Google Street View, a ghost sign on the side of the building on Leavitt, just south of 13th.

[url=https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8644798,-87.6810841,3a,27.3y,237.07h,91.65t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1srRrvkmu7M53r8R2nin6mwA!2e0]Standard Oil Ghost Sign on building on Leavitt, just south of 13th[/url]

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Re: Standard Oil Building 13th St.
Posted by: Chistorian51 ()
Date: November 10, 2014 04:30PM

Nice find! More interesting stuff on the area, I heard this story a while back about the long demolished firehouse at 13th and Oakley that housed fire engine 107. Anybody know anything abou this?

http://www.prairieghosts.com/fire.html

http://books.google.com/books?id=8aXVBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA88&lpg=PA88&dq=firehouse+company+107+chicago+oakley&source=bl&ots=lvZ-31_xHW&sig=OvCR1tinTvypMSTmLVLPYwujBU4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6g9hVJjlNo33yQSh4YG4BQ&ved=0CDMQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=firehouse%20company%20107%20chicago%20oakley&f=false

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Re: Standard Oil Building 13th St.
Posted by: shekaago ()
Date: November 10, 2014 09:06PM

How interesting! I'm embarrassed to say I had never heard of the "handprint story" until now. :-)

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Re: Standard Oil Building 13th St.
Posted by: rjmachon ()
Date: November 12, 2014 05:06PM

In the Polk Directory, per 1929 it shows at this addresses, "Standard Oil Co filling sta".

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