[fountainkopf]

I recall the term skyscraper was invented in USA when the first 6 storey high buildings came along.
What was the first skyscraper and where was it ?

[JManc]

http://rehtwogunraconteur.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/WichitaFallsTxLittlestSkyscraper0409BG1.jpg

[LSyd]

http://rehtwogunraconteur.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/WichitaFallsTxLittlestSkyscraper0409BG1.jpg

yup; a swindle that had dimensions in inches, not in feet.

http://www.texasescapes.com/Texas_architecture/Driveby_architecture/Worlds-Littlest-Skyscraper-Wichita-Falls-Texas.htm

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[fountainkopf]

This may be the smallest but certainly the name scyscraper did not start with this building !

[whiteford]

i can remember something like this in Calgary years ago. it was a floor or two taller but just as thin. it was part of another building just like this one.

[LSyd]

technically, the "first skyscraper" is the Home Insurance Building in Chicago because it had a steel support system instead of thick walls.

10 stories, 138 feet, 1884. two stories added 1890 to get to 180 feet. torn down for bigger building in 1930s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Insurance_Building

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[MolsonExport]

not a skyscraper except maybe in the ratio of height to width, but the shallowest/narrowest building is in Vancouver (Sam Kee Building)
http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/display/bb6c8a1c-c624-4fe9-905b-fde8a12263a0.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sam-Kee-Building-width.jpg/250px-Sam-Kee-Building-width.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/SamKeeII.jpg/300px-SamKeeII.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Kee_Building

[MolsonExport]

In nearby Gastown (Vancouver) is the Flatiron building
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Hoteleurope32.jpg
wikipedia, or a substitute for Vid.

[M II A II R II K]

Probably a church building or a mosque.

[Cirrus]

technically, the "first skyscraper" is the Home Insurance Building in Chicago because it had a steel support system instead of thick walls.

10 stories, 138 feet, 1884. two stories added 1890 to get to 180 feet. torn down for bigger building in 1930s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Insurance_Building
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[Austinlee]

..and i'm the worlds largest midget.

[fountainkopf]

technically, the "first skyscraper" is the Home Insurance Building in Chicago because it had a steel support system instead of thick walls.

10 stories, 138 feet, 1884. two stories added 1890 to get to 180 feet. torn down for bigger building in 1930s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Insurance_Building

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You are getting close..Home Insurance was considered the first true skyscraper, but the name was not invented for that building.

[fountainkopf]

In nearby Gastown (Vancouver) is the Flatiron building
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Hoteleurope32.jpg
wikipedia, or a substitute for Vid.

There is an other flat iron building in Helsinki Finland; http://www.korttelit.fi/rakennus.php/id/1030