 The area has long been a hub for architecture.The vast majority of the area was destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 but rebuilt quickly.In 1885 the Home Insurance Building, generally considered the world's first skyscraper, was constructed, followed by the development of the Chicago school best exemplified by such buildings as the Rookery Building in 1888, the Monadnock Building in 1891, and the Sullivan Center in 1899.