Walking Tour
🏛️Also called Tour Chicago after its design inspiration
📚Built specifically to protect precious archives from fire
🔢Ten floors above ground plus two basement levels
One of Paris's first skyscrapers hides in plain sight at the Palais Cambon. The 1898 Tour Chicago—a fireproof archives tower built with Chicago-inspired materials—rises ten stories inside this grand government building.
Historic architecture gem
Rare public access
Chicago-style skyscraper
1890s engineering marvel
Walking Tour🏛️Also called Tour Chicago after its design inspiration
📚Built specifically to protect precious archives from fire
🔢Ten floors above ground plus two basement levels
One of Paris's first skyscrapers hides in plain sight at the Palais Cambon. The 1898 Tour Chicago—a fireproof archives tower built with Chicago-inspired materials—rises ten stories inside this grand government building.
Historic architecture gem
Rare public access
Chicago-style skyscraper
1890s engineering marvel