59-61 West Hubbard Street

The building at 59-61 West Hubbard Street was erected in 1873, right after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, by cheese merchants George Neumeister and Balthasar Klor, who conducted their business one block away on Kinzie Street. Despite later alterations, the fine incised stonework and decorative sheet metal cornice of this double loft building still recall the best traditions of the 1870s commercial architecture.