Auditorium Building, Roosevelt University
Building in Chicago, Illinois. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Auditorium Building is a structure at the northwest corner of South Michigan Avenue and Ida B. Wells Drive in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Completed in 1889, it is one of the best-known designs of Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler. The building was designed as a multi-use complex, including offices, a theater, and a hotel. As a young apprentice, Frank Lloyd Wright worked on some of the interior design.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 430 Michigan Ave. and Congress St., Chicago, IL |
| County | Cook County |
| Listed | Apr 17, 1970 |
| Reference number | 70000230 |
| Architect | Adler & Sullivan |
| Type of place | commercial building |
| Style | Stile Liberty |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, Chicago Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 430 Michigan Ave. and Congress St., Chicago, IL |
| Website | auditoriumtheatre.org/wb ↗ |
| Coordinates | 41.87559, -87.64875 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Pullman National Historical Park · 13 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | West Beach Picnic Shelters 29 mi · Chellberg Farm Picnic Shelters 34 mi · Dunbar Group Site 36 mi |
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 70000230. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.