Chicago Ornamental Iron, established in 1893, specialized
in decorative metal work for some of the foremost designers of the early 1900s including many from the Prairie School of Architecture including Louis Sullivan and Hentry Trost.
Though primarily working in Chicago, the company gained national exposure with the Carson, Pirie, Scott* building designed by Sullivan, built between 1898-1906, and located at 1 State Street in downtown Chicago.
Chicago Ornamental Iron created flowing cast iron ornamentation on the first two floors in the characteristic art nouveau style Sullivan preferred giving the struture a feeling of opulence and artistic expression not seen in other high rise buildings of the era.
*originally built for the Schlesinger and Mayer stores.
