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 ...

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 ...

San Felasco Hammock State Preserve

A 17th century Spanish mission, San Francisco de Potano, was located in the southeastern corner of the preserve. San Felasco is a mispronunciation of San Francisco by Seminoles and white settlers of the area in the late 1700s and early ...

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 ...

St. Michael's Cemetery

St. Michael's Cemetery was developed on the distant outskirts of the Spanish colonial city of Pensacola. Formally surveyed by the Spanish in 1807, St. Michael's Cemetery may have been used as a burial ground as early as the mid-1700s.

Preliminary ...

Old Chicago Public Library

Influenced by the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, the first permanent home of the Chicago Public Library was designed in the Beaux Arts style by the Boston architectural firm of Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge. It was constructed between 1893 and 1897 ...

Reid Murdoch Building

The Reid Murdoch Building, designed in 1913-1914 by George C. Nimmons, was constructed as a food processing company and warehouse. The seven-story building, which sits on the Chicago River, has a three-story clock tower rising from the center of its ...