When was the first modren Skyscraper built? And where?

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   First   Modern Skyscraper
   
   The first skyscraper was the ten-story Home Insurance Building in Chicago,   built in 1884-1885. While its height is not considered unusual or very   impressive today, the architect, Major William Le Baron Jenney, created the first   load-carrying structural frame. In this building, a steel frame supported the   entire weight of the walls instead of the walls themselves carrying the   weight of the building which was the usual method. This development led to   the "Chicago skeleton" form of construction. After Jenney's   accomplishment the sky was truly the limit so far as building was concerned.   Surprisingly for some, the United Kingdom also had its share of early   skyscrapers. The first building to fit the engineering definition meanwhile   was the then largest hotel in the world, the Grand Midland Hotel, now known   as St Pancras Chambers in London, completed in 1873 with a clock tower 82   metres (269 feet) in height. The 12-floor Shell Mex House in London, at 58   metres (190 feet), was completed a year after the Home Insurance Building and   managed to beat it in both height and floor count. 1877 saw the opening of   the Gothic revival style Manchester Town Hall by Alfred Waterhouse. Its   87-metre-high clock and bell tower dominated that city's skyline for almost a   century
   

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