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Great Northern Hotel
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Great Northern Hotel

United StatesChicago
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Height
14
Floors
1892
Year
destroyed
Status

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Floors14
Completion1892
Demolition1940
Structural Formhigh-rise building
Main Usagehotel
Status destroyed
Architectural Stylechicago school
Address237 South Dearborn Street
CityChicago
Country United States United States
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