Guaranty Building

Sullivan and Adler's 1896 terracotta skyscraper masterpiece

Address 140 Pearl Street

Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler's 1896 terracotta-clad office tower — thirteen stories of dense ornament, one of the earliest steel-frame skyscrapers ever built, and an acknowledged classic of early American modernism. The lobby restoration includes a small free exhibit on Sullivan's work.

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