title warehouse
The vast building recalls historical styles without being at all in mere imitation of them. It makes much of the massive courses of masonry and stresses the long sweep of the buildings lines as well as it's ponderous weight.

Marshall field warehouse

Who- Henry Richardson
What- Warehouse
When- 1885-1887
Where-Chicago
Why- His work was sometimes thought of as a Romanesque revival.
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