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The Heyworth Building is a Chicago Landmark building located at 29 E. Madison Street, on the southwest corner of Madison Street and Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.

Th Heyworth Building was constructed in 1904 by the architect firm of D.H. Burnham and Co. under the commission of Otto Young, a real estate investor and wholesale jeweler. It received its name from the son-in-law of Otto Young, Lawrence Hayworth, who also supervised construction of the building. Like many other buildings along Wabash Avenue, the Heyworth historically housed watchmakers, jewelers, and associated businesses. This structure was one of the final buildings designed by Frederick P. Dinkelberg at D.H. Burnham and Co. before administration was turned over to Ernest Robert Graham.

The Heyworth stands 19 stories tall with a gross square footage of 256,000 square feet. Its style strays from the typical designs of D.H. Burnham and Co., appearing more rigid and geometrical than their other works done in a classical stlye. It combined the Chicago School's structurally expressive character with decorative appearance common in traditional masonry architecture. The tapestry-like ornament of the building pairs well with the ornamentation designed by Louis Sullivan on the adjacent Carson Pirie Scott building. The Heyworth is also noted for its intact finely-crafted decorative cornice, which is an uncommon feature among the other commercial buildings of Chicago. The building was designated an official Chicago landmark on August 30, 2000.

According to a real estate firm that manages the property (May 2006), the height of the building is listed in various documents as 260, 273, and 282 feet.

The building was given an $11 million renovation in 2001. As part of the renovation, the facade was cleaned and the famous cornice was rebuilt after having undergone a stripping in years past. It is currently the home of the MacCormac College in Chicago.

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