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By 1900, businesses needed more clerical workers as they devised more elaborate management hierarchies. The resulting demand for office buildings reshaped the skyline of every American city as when real-estate mogul Daniel Wells Jr. hired Henry C. Koch to design a fifteen-story office tower for the corner lot. Koch's Beaux-Arts style Wells Building opened in 1901 as Milwaukee’s largest office block. The first two stories retain most of their original copper and cast-bronze sheathing, the upper stories their pressed-brick and terracotta cladding, but the gargantuan terracotta cornice was removed after World War II. The Wells’ grand arched entranceway has inset tile, the vestibule a domed mosaic ceiling, and the lobby white marble paneling.
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103 S JACKSON ST / 215 W Court
19371
Located in Janesville, Rock County
