John Wentworth Farmhouse, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-81 Survey number: HABS IL-156 Building/structure dates: 1868 Initial Construction
John Farson House, 217 South Home Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, IL
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John Farson House, 217 South Home Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, IL
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John Farson House, 217 South Home Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, IL
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Thalia Hall, 1215-1225 West Eighteenth Street, Chicago, Cook County, I...
2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: In 1892, John Dusek, an immigrant from Bohemia, began to make plans to develop the corner of 18th St. and Allport St. as a public gathering place, no known as... More
Daniel H. Sheldon House, 723 West Congress Street, Chicago, Cook Count...
Nitrate negatives. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10 Survey number: HABS IL-26-1 Building/structure dates: ca. 1844- ca. 1856 Initial Construction
Second Presbyterian Church, 1936 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook ...
STORED ON SITE. mchr 2011 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Originally designed by noted architect James Renwick and built in 1874, Second Presbyterian Church was later remodeled in 1900 due to dev... More
Gage, Keith & Ascher Buildings, 18 & 30 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago...
Significance: All three buildings are significant examples of Chicago School architecture. The Gage Building, with its unique, gracefully-ornamented facade designed by Louis Sullivan, was to be one of the archi... More
Chicago Ironwork, 1021 South Wabash Avenue (Cast Iron Stair Railing), ...
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St. Patrick's Church, Adams & Desplaines Streets, Chicago, Cook County...
Significance: St. Patrick's, built in the 1850's, is one of the few surviving examples of this early period of Chicago Architecture. Having survived the 1871 fire, it is the oldest church in Chicago. Unprocess... More
St. Patrick's Church, Adams & Desplaines Streets, Chicago, Cook County...
Significance: St. Patrick's, built in the 1850's, is one of the few surviving examples of this early period of Chicago Architecture. Having survived the 1871 fire, it is the oldest church in Chicago. Unprocess... More
North Halsted Street Canal Bridge, Spanning North Branch Canal at Nort...
Significance: Spanning the North Branch Canal at North Halsted Street in Chicago, the North Halsted Street Bridge is a double-leaf, fixed-trunnion bascule with a rigidly attached, below-deck counterweight. Com... More
Chicago Ironwork, John DeKoven House (Cast Iron Gate), 1150 North Dear...
Nitrate negatives. Significance: This house is a good example of the domestic construction which followed the Chicago Fire of 1871. The structure, by the Chicago architect Edward Burling, done in a simple manne... More
Schlesinger & Mayer Department Store, 1 South State Street (1-19 South...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, Bridge No. Z-2, Spanning North ...
Significance: The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway's Bridge No. Z-2 is not only one of a few remaining swing bridges in Chicago, but is also of a rare asymmetrical or "bob-tail" type. The pivot pier is on... More
Oak Park Theatre, 116-120 South Marion Street, Oak Park, Cook County, ...
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Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Wells Street, Spanning South Branch Chic...
Significance: The development of the Chicago trunnoin bascule bridge occurred during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Despite the controversy over patent infringement Joseph E. Strauss charg... More
Hofmann Dam, Riverside, Cook County, IL
Survey number: HAER IL-163 Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1936 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1950 Subsequent Work
Chicago, Illinois. Pullman porter at the Union Station
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T. S. Eastabrook House, 200 North Scoville Street, Oak Park, Cook Coun...
Significance: This small Prairie School bungalow in Oak Park is an example of the domestic architecture of the Chicago firm Tallmadge and Watson, before 1915. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this st... More
Henry Clarke House, 4526 South Wabash Avenue (moved from Michigan Aven...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-40 Survey number: HABS IL-135 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1872
Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wells Station, Madison & Wells Street...
Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More
Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wells Station, Madison & Wells Street...
Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More
Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wells Station, Madison & Wells Street...
Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More
Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wells Station, Madison & Wells Street...
Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More
Commonwealth Electric Company, Fisk Street Electrical Generating Stati...
Significance: The original Fisk Street powerhouse, built in 1903, contained the world's most powerful Curtis steam-turbine generator. Manufactured by General Electric, this vertical steam-turbine generator pro... More
Commonwealth Electric Company, Fisk Street Electrical Generating Stati...
Significance: The original Fisk Street powerhouse, built in 1903, contained the world's most powerful Curtis steam-turbine generator. Manufactured by General Electric, this vertical steam-turbine generator pro... More
Aldine Square, Smith House, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Survey number: HABS IL-153-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1874 Initial Construction
William H. Winslow House, Auvergne Place, River Forest, Cook County, I...
Significance: The house built in 1893 is considered to be the first significant structure designed by Frank Lloyd Wright after establishing an independent practice. Unprocessed Field note material exists for t... More
Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Stree...
Significance: The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge system crosses the Calumet River on a 650'-0"-long cantilever Warren through truss. This is Chicago's highest and longest bridge, and perhaps more importantly, its ... More
First Regiment Infantry Armory, 1552 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, C...
Significance: Designed by the firm of Burnham and Root in 1890, the Armory is an impressive, though rather curious work from their oeuvre. According to contemporary accounts, the building was designed to serve ... More
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway, Calumet River Bridge, Spanni...
See also HAER IL-161 for additional documentation. Significance: The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway's two parallel vertical-lift spans over the Calumet River (of which one survives), and two neighbori... More
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway, Calumet River Bridge, Spanni...
See also HAER IL-161 for additional documentation. Significance: The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway's two parallel vertical-lift spans over the Calumet River (of which one survives), and two neighbori... More
Leiter I Building, 200-208 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Cook County, I...
Significance: The first Leiter Building, built in 1879, has been cited as a Chicago Architectural Landmark, "In recognition of its contribution towards the development of skeleton construction. Cast iron pilast... More
Leiter I Building, 200-208 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Cook County, I...
Significance: The first Leiter Building, built in 1879, has been cited as a Chicago Architectural Landmark, "In recognition of its contribution towards the development of skeleton construction. Cast iron pilast... More
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway, Bridge No. 6, Spanning Calumet...
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Hotel Florence, 11111 South Forrestville Avenue, Chicago, Cook County,...
Significance: This well-preserved hotel was one of the principal buildings in the company town built by George M. Pullman for the Pullman Palace Car Works. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this struc... More
Hotel Florence, 11111 South Forrestville Avenue, Chicago, Cook County,...
Significance: This well-preserved hotel was one of the principal buildings in the company town built by George M. Pullman for the Pullman Palace Car Works. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this struc... More
Reginald DeKoven House, 104 East Bellevue Place, Chicago, Cook County,...
Significance: The building is a typical example of the townhouses built in the Gold Coast section of Chicago during the 1880's. It was designed by Burnham and Root for Reginald DeKoven, and American composer. ... More
Getty Tomb, North Clark Street & West Irving Park Road, Chicago, Cook ...
Significance: One of Louis Sullivan's most delicate and decorative designs, the Getty Tomb is one of three mausoleum structures created by the firm of Adler and Sullivan between 1889 and 1892. Unprocessed Fiel... More
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Grand Avenue, Spanning North Branch Chic...
Significance: The Grand Avenue Bridge represents the "second generation" of the Chicago bascule bridge with improvements executed in the design of the counterweights, a new rack-and-pinion assembly (namely, the... More
North Inlet Bridge, Spaning North Inlet from Lake Michigan to Fifty-ni...
Significance: The North Inlet Bridge, a single span through-girder bridge, was built from the designs of architect D.H. Burnham & Co. and structural engineer C.L. Strobel. Strobel was a pioneer in skyscraper c... More
Santa Fe Railroad, Grain Elevator, On Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail...
Significance: This large grain processing complex was built in 1906 with a 400,000 bushel capacity and accommodation for 360 railroad cars. After a fire in 1932, the site was rebuilt with reinforced concrete s... More
Santa Fe Railroad, Grain Elevator, On Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail...
Significance: This large grain processing complex was built in 1906 with a 400,000 bushel capacity and accommodation for 360 railroad cars. After a fire in 1932, the site was rebuilt with reinforced concrete s... More
Old Colony Building, 407 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Cook County, ...
Significance: The building is an example of the work of the Chicago firm of Holabird and Roche. Since the high, narrow, slab-like structure is almost entirely freestanding and without masonry bearing walls, an ... More
Old Colony Building, 407 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Cook County, ...
Significance: The building is an example of the work of the Chicago firm of Holabird and Roche. Since the high, narrow, slab-like structure is almost entirely freestanding and without masonry bearing walls, an ... More
NIKE Missile Base C-84, Acid Fueling Station, North of Launch Area Ent...
Significance: At the acid fueling station, Nike crews fueled the booster, and attached it to the missile. The missiles were also armed with their warheads at the acid fueling station. The station was built in... More
Chicago & North Western Railway, Kinzie Street Bridge, Spanning North ...
Significance: The Kinzie Street Bridge occupies the site of Chicago's first railroad bridge (1852), and also the nation's first all-steel railroad bridge (1879). The line served Wells Street Station and indust... More
Second Baptist Church, Morgan & Monroe Streets, Chicago, Cook County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HABS IL-26-2 Building/structure dates: 1864 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1867 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More
Second Baptist Church, Morgan & Monroe Streets, Chicago, Cook County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HABS IL-26-2 Building/structure dates: 1864 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1867 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More
Second Baptist Church, Morgan & Monroe Streets, Chicago, Cook County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HABS IL-26-2 Building/structure dates: 1864 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1867 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More
NIKE Missile Base C-84, Longer Barracks, South of Launch Area Entrance...
Significance: This barrack provided living facilities for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base C-84. Standardized drawings indicate that the installation's two barracks housed enlisted men, officers, and n... More
Hurd Comstock House No. 2, 1631 Ashland Avenue, Evanston, Cook County,...
Significance: This pair of houses done by Walter Burley Griffin just before leaving the United States for Canberra, is a sample of his handling of groups of buildings whose stylistic characteristics were develo... More
West Division Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Chicago River at...
Significance: When Chicago became a major commercial and industrial center after the Civil War, the most common American drawbridge was the swing bridge, horizontally rotating on a center pier to open two navig... More
Aldine Square, Vincennes Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL
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Aldine Square, Vincennes Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL
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Brookfield Kindergarten, 3601 Forest Avenue, Brookfield, Cook County, ...
Significance: The structure was built as a private kindergarten for Queene F. Coonley, a pioneer in the kindergarten movement in Chicago. It is considered on of William Drummond's finest designs. Survey number... More
Rookery Building, 209 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: The Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks has cited it: "In recognition of its pioneering plan in providing shops and offices around a graceful semi-private square and the further developm... More
Rookery Building, 209 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: The Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks has cited it: "In recognition of its pioneering plan in providing shops and offices around a graceful semi-private square and the further developm... More
Rookery Building, 209 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: The Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks has cited it: "In recognition of its pioneering plan in providing shops and offices around a graceful semi-private square and the further developm... More
Rookery Building, 209 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: The Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks has cited it: "In recognition of its pioneering plan in providing shops and offices around a graceful semi-private square and the further developm... More
Cable Building, 57 East Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: Before the Cable Building was demolished in the fall of 1960, it had been designated a Chicago Architectural Landmark by the municipally appointed Commission of Chicago Architectural Landmarks. S... More
Cable Building, 57 East Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: Before the Cable Building was demolished in the fall of 1960, it had been designated a Chicago Architectural Landmark by the municipally appointed Commission of Chicago Architectural Landmarks. S... More
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Chicago Terminal Railroad, South Branch of ...
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Union Elevated Railroad, State-Lake Station, State & Lake Streets, Chi...
Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More
Union Elevated Railroad, State-Lake Station, State & Lake Streets, Chi...
Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More
Union Elevated Railroad, State-Lake Station, State & Lake Streets, Chi...
Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More
Chicago River Bridge, Cermak Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: Of all the highway bridges crossing the Chicago River and Sanitary and Ship Canal, the Cermak Road Bridge is one of the few surviving bridges designed and patented by William Scherzer. Survey num... More
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County,...
Significance: The development of the Chicago trunnion bascule bridge occurred during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Despite the controversy over patent infringement Joseph E. Strauss charg... More
Francis J. Dewes House, 503 West Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook Coun...
Significance: The house was built for a wealthy Chicago brewer, Francis J. Dewes, shortly after the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. The elaborate exterior was designed in a Central European Baroque Reviva... More
Chicago Theater, 175 North State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: Constructed in 1921 and designed by picture palace architects C.W. & Geo. L. Rapp, the Chicago Theater is one of the few remaining theaters in operation in the central area of downtown Chicago kno... More
St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 5472 South Kimbark Avenue, Chicago, Coo...
2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Built in 1922, Barry Byrne's radical design for St. Thomas the Apostle Church stands as an early Modernist Roman Catholic church design in the United States. ... More
John J. Glessner House, 1800 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Cook Count...
Significance: Designed and built between May 1885 and December 1887, this house is considered the last of the fully personal works of the architect H.H. Richardson and one of his finest houses. The house was de... More
Cahokia Courthouse, Jackson Park, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Nitrate negatives. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-36 Survey number: HABS IL-26-31-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1716- ca. 1790 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ... More
Santa Fe Railroad, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & S...
Significance: This bridge is one of seven surviving swing bridges built in 1899 across the Sanitary and Ship Canal. Survey number: HAER IL-39 Building/structure dates: 1899 Initial Construction
Chicago Water Tower, 800 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...
Significance: The City Club, built in 1911, is representative of the work of Pond and Pond. Being a Chicago firm, many of its designs were carried out in this city in the early decades of the 20th century. Sur... More
Chicago Water Tower, 800 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...
Significance: The City Club, built in 1911, is representative of the work of Pond and Pond. Being a Chicago firm, many of its designs were carried out in this city in the early decades of the 20th century. Sur... More
Oscar Steffens House, 7631 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, ...
Significance: This house, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is a later version of the Isabel Roberts house in Oak Park. Both structures are small versions of the "Prairie House" with revolving spaces around a cen... More
Union Elevated Railroad, State Street Station, Van Buren Street, Chica...
Significance: One of the stations along the Union Elevated Railroad's Loop. The Loop is part of one of the oldest elevated rail systems still in operation in the United States. This station served an integral... More
Chicago Ironwork, William M. Strong Estate (Cast Iron House & Gate), 1...
Nitrate negatives. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-80 Survey number: HABS IL-155-W
Underwriters' Laboratories, 207-231 East Ohio Street, Chicago, Cook Co...
Significance: The Underwriters' Laboratories buildings are of interest historically because they served as the headquarters from 1905 to 1979 of the well-known organization in the United States dedicated to the... More
Underwriters' Laboratories, 207-231 East Ohio Street, Chicago, Cook Co...
Significance: The Underwriters' Laboratories buildings are of interest historically because they served as the headquarters from 1905 to 1979 of the well-known organization in the United States dedicated to the... More
Underwriters' Laboratories, 207-231 East Ohio Street, Chicago, Cook Co...
Significance: The Underwriters' Laboratories buildings are of interest historically because they served as the headquarters from 1905 to 1979 of the well-known organization in the United States dedicated to the... More
Underwriters' Laboratories, 207-231 East Ohio Street, Chicago, Cook Co...
Significance: The Underwriters' Laboratories buildings are of interest historically because they served as the headquarters from 1905 to 1979 of the well-known organization in the United States dedicated to the... More
Underwriters' Laboratories, 207-231 East Ohio Street, Chicago, Cook Co...
Significance: The Underwriters' Laboratories buildings are of interest historically because they served as the headquarters from 1905 to 1979 of the well-known organization in the United States dedicated to the... More
Chicago Park District Administration Building, 425 East McFetridge Dri...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N517 Survey number: HABS IL-1207 Building/structure dates: 1938-1939 Initial Construction
Chicago Park District Administration Building, 425 East McFetridge Dri...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N517 Survey number: HABS IL-1207 Building/structure dates: 1938-1939 Initial Construction
Chicago Park District Administration Building, 425 East McFetridge Dri...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N517 Survey number: HABS IL-1207 Building/structure dates: 1938-1939 Initial Construction
Ravine Bluffs Development Bridge, Spanning ravine at Sylvan Road, Glen...
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Ravine Bluffs Development Bridge, Spanning ravine at Sylvan Road, Glen...
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Shadrach Bond Mantel, 929 Sheridan Road (moved from Kaskaskia, IL), Ev...
The online record for HABS IL-26-31 previously included one of the two photographs of the mantel. That was incorrect. All documentation of the mantel is part of this survey (HABS IL-26-31-B). Unprocessed Fiel... More
Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, Merchandise Building, 924 So...
Significance: One of the first buildings completed for the Mail Order Plant in 1905-1906. It was designed by the nationally-known architectural firm of Nimmons & Fellows, with additions designed by successor f... More
Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, Merchandise Building, 924 So...
Significance: One of the first buildings completed for the Mail Order Plant in 1905-1906. It was designed by the nationally-known architectural firm of Nimmons & Fellows, with additions designed by successor f... More
Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, Merchandise Building, 924 So...
Significance: One of the first buildings completed for the Mail Order Plant in 1905-1906. It was designed by the nationally-known architectural firm of Nimmons & Fellows, with additions designed by successor f... More
Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, Merchandise Building, 924 So...
Significance: One of the first buildings completed for the Mail Order Plant in 1905-1906. It was designed by the nationally-known architectural firm of Nimmons & Fellows, with additions designed by successor f... More
Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, Merchandise Building, 924 So...
Significance: One of the first buildings completed for the Mail Order Plant in 1905-1906. It was designed by the nationally-known architectural firm of Nimmons & Fellows, with additions designed by successor f... More
Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, Merchandise Building, 924 So...
Significance: One of the first buildings completed for the Mail Order Plant in 1905-1906. It was designed by the nationally-known architectural firm of Nimmons & Fellows, with additions designed by successor f... More
Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, Merchandise Building, 924 So...
Significance: One of the first buildings completed for the Mail Order Plant in 1905-1906. It was designed by the nationally-known architectural firm of Nimmons & Fellows, with additions designed by successor f... More
Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, Merchandise Building, 924 So...
Significance: One of the first buildings completed for the Mail Order Plant in 1905-1906. It was designed by the nationally-known architectural firm of Nimmons & Fellows, with additions designed by successor f... More
Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, Merchandise Building, 924 So...
Significance: One of the first buildings completed for the Mail Order Plant in 1905-1906. It was designed by the nationally-known architectural firm of Nimmons & Fellows, with additions designed by successor f... More