Fort Gadsden Historic Site

Fort Gadsden, also known as the Negro Fort, was built by the British during the War of 1812. In 1818 the U.S. government took over and rebuilt the fort, naming it after the lieutenant who supervised the construction.

In 1814 ...

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 ...

Overton Hygienic 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 ...

The Manhattan Building

The Manhattan Building is the oldest surviving commercial office building by William LeBaron Jenney, the noted architect who brought the techniques of skyscraper skeletal construction to maturity. Some Chicago School architects who worked in Jenney's office included D. H. Burnham, ...

The Old Colony Building

The Old Colony Building was designed and constructed between 1893 and 1894 by the architectural firm of Holabird and Roche. As Chicago School architects, they sought to reveal the character of the steel skeletal structure while cladding their buildings with ...

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 ...

Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building

Louis Sullivan is regarded highly by historians and architects as a pioneer in American commercial architecture. As an exemplary model of his work, the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building showcases his philosophy of form following function. Built in 1899 ...

Tree Studio Complex

The Tree Studio Complex is a group of three buildings comprising the original Tree Studio, built in 1894, and the Ontario and Ohio Street Annexes, two additions built in 1912-1913. They were erected by Lambert Tree to provide low cost ...

National Historic Landmark - Montgomery Ward & Company Building

Since 1909, the Montgomery Ward and Company Complex, situated along the North Branch of the Chicago River, has served as national headquarters for the country's oldest mail order firm.

The two earliest buildings, the old Administration Building and the Mail Order ...