Though apparently not discussed in this 1866 Chicago guide book, pictured in a lithograph, surely paid for by the J. V. Farwell & Co. management, is this warehouse structure, built in 1856.  The lithographer was "Ed Mendel."

The J. V. Farwell & Co. warehouse of 1856 was the first large building of its type, thought too large before the railroads became a major factor.  The Encyclopedia of Chicago notes that Cooley Farwell & Co. became J. V. Farwell & Co. in 1863. According to Andreas (II, 694), the firm's location was 112-16 Wabash.  In 1864 J. V. Farwell withdrew his active participation to work on the Sanitary Commission, raising funds for relief and medical care for soldiers with his brother Charles B. Farwell, fomer chair of the cook County Board, taking over ofr him.   After the war he pursued other religious and charitable work (D. L. Moody, YMCA) in this country and Great Britain (the latter 1867-68, according to Lake Forest historian Edward Arpee, 1964, 1992).  The building was destroyed in the chicago fire, 1871.  

One of several lithographers and engravers contributing images to this 1886 work, according to the American Antiquarian Society (Worchester, MA), this was Edward Mendel, 1827-1884. The AAS reference reports from Chicago directories that he was located at 162-64 Lake St. (corner of LaSalle) from 1858 to 1868. http://gigi.mwa.org/netpub/server.np?find&catalog=catalog&template=detail.np&field=itemid&op=matches&value=18053&site=public (accessed May 14, 2012). Various web references report Mendel, who arrived in Chicago in 1853, also printing maps, banknotes and stationery. The Library of Congress also reports an 1864 lithographic copy of the Emancipation Proclamation pupublihsed by Mendel.