The Lakeside Press Building

The Lakeside Press Building stands out with its heavy, ornate terra cotta facade and the massive, oversized windows that wrap around the corners of the structure. When R. R. Donnelley finished the building in nineteen twelve, he filled it with the most advanced printing presses in the world. Workers here bound encyclopedias and Sears catalogs by the millions. A young printer named Walter Smith once kept a hidden collection of rare books inside the walls, which coworkers discovered only after he passed away.