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A Chicago building has long been called the world’s 'first skyscraper,' but was it?

Can you imagine a time before skyscrapers towered over the world's great cities, shading the streets and sidewalks below?
The New York Times

Is This 19th-Century Factory the World’s First Skyscraper?

As the first building to be built from an iron frame, the Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings in England is a forerunner of all iron- and steel-framed towers. Now, its custodians want people to know that. In ...
The Post-Crescent

Appleton's Zuelke Building was seen as the city's first 'skyscraper'

Not quite 100 years old, the Zuelke Building opened in late 1931 by Irving Zuelke on the corner of East College Avenue and South Oneida Street, and was labeled the city's first "skyscraper." Zuelke ...
Yahoo

Ground broken 101 years ago for Columbus' first skyscraper, which became LeVeque Tower

The downtown Columbus skyline would be forever changed when ground was broken on Sept. 23, 1924, to build what is now called LeVeque Tower. American Insurance Union (AIU) President John J. Lentz ...