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Liberty Pole & City East Loop - Sibley's Building
 228 E. Main Street, between N. Clinton Avenue and Franklin Street, was designed by J. Foster Warner and built in 1905 as a major downtown department store. Construction of the present Sibley’s started after a disastrous fire destroyed the Sibley, Lindsay and Curr Company’s former store. In 1911, the building was extended to Franklin Street; six stories were added to this addition in 1926 to create the Sibley Tower Building, the city’s largest office building at the time. The imposing, long-cherished landmark is a handsome example of the Chicago School of architecture. Constructed of slender Roman-style bricks with granite trim, the clarity and simplicity of its design was very progressive for its time. Only the landmark clock tower, with its copper dome, displays ornamental detail. Sibley’s Department Store (2) closed in 1989; in 1992, the Damon City Center opened here as the downtown campus on Monroe Community College. Today, in addition to the college, the building houses offices, and retail establishments. |
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