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Frederick C Robie House
In its May 1957 issue, House and Home magazine declared th...
Charles Hitchcock Hall
The Charles Hitchcock Hall was designed by Dwight H. Perki...
Hotel Del Prado
Built in 1918, the Hotel Del Prado is one of the earliest ...
East Park Towers
As one of a series of hotel apartment buildings erected in...
Overton Hygenic Building
The Overton Hygienic Building is one of the most important...
Eighth Regiment Armory
In 1915, the Eighth Regiment Armory was the first armory b...
John J. Glessner House
In the late 19th century, Prairie Avenue in Chicago was kn...
Auditorium Building
The need for an arts center was spearheaded in 1886 by a g...
Marquette Building
In the late 19th century, steel framing as a new building ...
The Rookery Building
Built in 1888, the Rookery Building was named in honor of ...
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Frederick C Robie House
In its May 1957 issue, House and Home magazine declared that "no house in America during the past hundred years matches the importance of Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House." Built in 1909, the Frederick C. Robie House stands as one ...
Charles Hitchcock Hall
The Charles Hitchcock Hall was designed by Dwight H. Perkins in 1901-1902 as a four-story dormitory for the University of Chicago. Significant in its contribution to the Prairie School movement, the medieval style building exhibits ornamentation detailing local flowers and ...
Hotel Del Prado
Built in 1918, the Hotel Del Prado is one of the earliest and largest of the Hyde Park Apartment Hotels. The H-shaped red brick and terra cotta building rises 10 stories. Built in the Neoclassical style, the hotel features an ...
East Park Towers
As one of a series of hotel apartment buildings erected in the Hyde Park area between 1918 and 1929, the East Park Towers rises 10 stories and is an irregular U-shaped red-brick building with terra cotta trim. The pie-shaped lot ...
Overton Hygenic Building
The Overton Hygienic Building is one of the most important elements of the African American community known as the Black Metropolis. Established by the beginning of the 20th century, this commercial district developed in response to the restrictions and exploitation ...
Eighth Regiment Armory
In 1915, the Eighth Regiment Armory was the first armory building to be erected for a regiment commanded entirely by African Americans. The three-story brick building, designed by Illinois state architect James B. Dibelka, included a clear-span drill hall, meeting ...
John J. Glessner House
In the late 19th century, Prairie Avenue in Chicago was known as "millionaires' row". George Pullman, William Kimball, and Marshall Field lived on this street in their impressive Victorian style homes. When John J. Glessner commissioned Henry H. Richardson to ...
Auditorium Building
The need for an arts center was spearheaded in 1886 by a group of prominent and wealthy Chicagoans. These types of centers, though, were often not profitable. So when the firm of Adler and Sullivan accepted the commission to construct ...
Marquette Building
In the late 19th century, steel framing as a new building material demanded a new form of architecture. The architectural firm of Holabird and Roche designed the Marquette Building in 1894 as one introduction to this form, which became known ...
The Rookery Building
Built in 1888, the Rookery Building was named in honor of the former temporary City Hall where many of the city's birds made their nests. The 11-story office building, designed by the architectural firm of Burnham and Root, features cast-iron ...
