The ”’Manhattan Building”’ is a 16-story building at 431 South Dearborn Street in [[Chicago]], Illinois. It was designed by architect [[William Le Baron Jenney]] and constructed from 1889 to 1891.<ref>”[http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/M/Manhattan.html Manhattan Building.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203061909/http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/M/Manhattan.html |date=2007-02-03 }}” Chicago Landmarks (URL accessed 9 July 2006).</ref> It is the oldest surviving [[skyscraper]] in the world to use a purely skeletal supporting structure.<ref>”{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040926185211/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=117280 Manhattan Building, Chicago.]}}” Emporis Buildings (URL accessed 9 July 2006).[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hh:@field(DOCID+@lit(IL0052)) Manhattan Building, 431 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL.]” American Memory from the Library of Congress (URL accessed 9 July 2006).</ref> It is the sixth oldest surviving building in the city. The building was the first home of the [[Paymaster Corp.|Paymaster Corporation]], and is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on March 16, 1976, and designated a [[Chicago Landmark]] on July 7, 1978.<ref name=”Chicago Landmark”>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/M/Manhattan.html|title=Manhattan Building|accessdate=March 2, 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203061909/http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/M/Manhattan.html|archivedate=February 3, 2007}}</ref>
The ”’Manhattan Building”’ is a 16-story building at 431 South Dearborn Street in [[Chicago]], Illinois. It was designed by architect [[William Le Baron Jenney]] and constructed from 1889 to 1891.<ref>”[http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/M/Manhattan.html Manhattan Building.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203061909/http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/M/Manhattan.html |date=2007-02-03 }}” Chicago Landmarks (URL accessed 9 July 2006).</ref> It is the oldest surviving [[skyscraper]] in the world to use a purely skeletal supporting structure.<ref>”{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040926185211/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=117280 Manhattan Building, Chicago.]}}” Emporis Buildings (URL accessed 9 July 2006).[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hh:@field(DOCID+@lit(IL0052)) Manhattan Building, 431 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL.] American Memory from the Library of Congress (URL accessed 9 July 2006).</ref> It is the sixth oldest surviving building in the city. The building was the first home of the [[Paymaster Corp.|Paymaster Corporation]], and is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on March 16, 1976, and designated a [[Chicago Landmark]] on July 7, 1978.<ref name=”Chicago Landmark”>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/M/Manhattan.html|title=Manhattan Building|accessdate=March 2, 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203061909/http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/M/Manhattan.html|archivedate=February 3, 2007}}</ref>
