Shedd, John G., Aquarium
Aquarium in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Built 1930 by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White. Added to the National Register in 1987, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Shedd Aquarium is a public aquarium in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is one of the oldest continually operating non-governmental aquariums in the U.S.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 1200 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL |
| County | Cook County |
| Listed | Feb 27, 1987 |
| Reference number | 87000820 |
| Built | 1930 |
| Architect | Graham, Anderson, Probst & White |
| Type of place | public aquarium, nonprofit organization |
| Visitors per year | 1,814,857 |
| Designations | National Historic 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 | 1200 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL |
| Website | sheddaquarium.org ↗ |
| Coordinates | 41.86768, -87.61397 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Pullman National Historical Park · 12 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | West Beach Picnic Shelters 27 mi · Chellberg Farm Picnic Shelters 32 mi · Dunbar Group Site 34 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 87000820. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.