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Frederick B. Carter, Jr. House, 1024 Judson Street, Evanston, Cook County, IL

Frederick B. Carter, Jr. House, 1024 Judson Street, Evanston, Cook Cou...

Significance: The Carter house was designed by Walter Burley Griffin in 1909-1910. At a time when he was apparently still under the influence of his former employer, Frank Lloyd Wright; this is suggested in his... More

Reliance Building, 32 North State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Reliance Building, 32 North State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: An important example of the early Chicago School, it anticipates future developments in skyscraper design. Terra cotta was employed for exterior surfacing for the first time in this building. The ... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Coo...

Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan, the building is an important early skyscraper and was the first in Chicago to make use of caisson foundations. In February, 1961, it was designated a Chicago Archit... More

Ernest J. Magerstadt House, 4930 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Ernest J. Magerstadt House, 4930 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook...

Significance: This house is probably one of the finest works of George W. Maher, a contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright, and one of the Prairie School. It shows a relationship to Wright's work of the time in its ... More

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-first-Thirty-third Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Frederick B. Carter, Jr. House, 1024 Judson Street, Evanston, Cook County, IL

Frederick B. Carter, Jr. House, 1024 Judson Street, Evanston, Cook Cou...

Significance: The Carter house was designed by Walter Burley Griffin in 1909-1910. At a time when he was apparently still under the influence of his former employer, Frank Lloyd Wright; this is suggested in his... More

Holy Trinity Russian & Greek Orthodox Church, 1121 North Leavitt Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Holy Trinity Russian & Greek Orthodox Church, 1121 North Leavitt Stree...

Significance: The church is a late work by Louis H. Sullivan in traditional and exotic ecclesiastical idiom. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-132 Survey number: HABS IL-1071 Buil... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Coo...

Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan, the building is an important early skyscraper and was the first in Chicago to make use of caisson foundations. In February, 1961, it was designated a Chicago Archit... More

Edward W. McCready House, 231 North Euclid Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Edward W. McCready House, 231 North Euclid Street, Oak Park, Cook Coun...

Significance: This large, single-family dwelling is a simple, well-executed example of the work done by Prairie School architects, Spencer and Powers. It was built in the early 1900's in suburban Oak Park. Unp... More

Holy Trinity Russian & Greek Orthodox Church, 1121 North Leavitt Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Holy Trinity Russian & Greek Orthodox Church, 1121 North Leavitt Stree...

Significance: The church is a late work by Louis H. Sullivan in traditional and exotic ecclesiastical idiom. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-132 Survey number: HABS IL-1071 Buil... More

Holy Trinity Russian & Greek Orthodox Church, 1121 North Leavitt Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Holy Trinity Russian & Greek Orthodox Church, 1121 North Leavitt Stree...

Significance: The church is a late work by Louis H. Sullivan in traditional and exotic ecclesiastical idiom. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-132 Survey number: HABS IL-1071 Buil... More

Edward W. McCready House, 231 North Euclid Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Edward W. McCready House, 231 North Euclid Street, Oak Park, Cook Coun...

Significance: This large, single-family dwelling is a simple, well-executed example of the work done by Prairie School architects, Spencer and Powers. It was built in the early 1900's in suburban Oak Park. Unp... More

T. S. Eastabrook House, 200 North Scoville Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

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

Leiter I Building, 200-208 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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, IL

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

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-first-Thirty-third Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-first-Thirty-third Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-first-Thirty-third Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Reliance Building, 32 North State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Reliance Building, 32 North State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: An important example of the early Chicago School, it anticipates future developments in skyscraper design. Terra cotta was employed for exterior surfacing for the first time in this building. The ... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Coo...

Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan, the building is an important early skyscraper and was the first in Chicago to make use of caisson foundations. In February, 1961, it was designated a Chicago Archit... More

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Coo...

Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan, the building is an important early skyscraper and was the first in Chicago to make use of caisson foundations. In February, 1961, it was designated a Chicago Archit... More

Emery House, 218 Arlington Street, Elmhurst, Du Page County, IL

Emery House, 218 Arlington Street, Elmhurst, Du Page County, IL

Significance: The Emery House is an early work of the Prairie School architect Walter Burley Griffin. Griffin's attitudes toward the Prairie School idiom are well identified by the architectural historian, H. A... More

T. S. Eastabrook House, 200 North Scoville Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

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

Ernest J. Magerstadt House, 4930 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Ernest J. Magerstadt House, 4930 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook...

Significance: This house is probably one of the finest works of George W. Maher, a contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright, and one of the Prairie School. It shows a relationship to Wright's work of the time in its ... More

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-first-Thirty-third Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Reliance Building, 32 North State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Reliance Building, 32 North State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: An important example of the early Chicago School, it anticipates future developments in skyscraper design. Terra cotta was employed for exterior surfacing for the first time in this building. The ... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

Ernest J. Magerstadt House, 4930 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Ernest J. Magerstadt House, 4930 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook...

Significance: This house is probably one of the finest works of George W. Maher, a contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright, and one of the Prairie School. It shows a relationship to Wright's work of the time in its ... More

Ernest J. Magerstadt House, 4930 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Ernest J. Magerstadt House, 4930 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook...

Significance: This house is probably one of the finest works of George W. Maher, a contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright, and one of the Prairie School. It shows a relationship to Wright's work of the time in its ... More

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-first-Thirty-third Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Reliance Building, 32 North State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Reliance Building, 32 North State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: An important example of the early Chicago School, it anticipates future developments in skyscraper design. Terra cotta was employed for exterior surfacing for the first time in this building. The ... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Coo...

Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan, the building is an important early skyscraper and was the first in Chicago to make use of caisson foundations. In February, 1961, it was designated a Chicago Archit... More

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Coo...

Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan, the building is an important early skyscraper and was the first in Chicago to make use of caisson foundations. In February, 1961, it was designated a Chicago Archit... More

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Coo...

Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan, the building is an important early skyscraper and was the first in Chicago to make use of caisson foundations. In February, 1961, it was designated a Chicago Archit... More

Edward W. McCready House, 231 North Euclid Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Edward W. McCready House, 231 North Euclid Street, Oak Park, Cook Coun...

Significance: This large, single-family dwelling is a simple, well-executed example of the work done by Prairie School architects, Spencer and Powers. It was built in the early 1900's in suburban Oak Park. Unp... More

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-first-Thirty-third Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-first-Thirty-third Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Ira A. Heath House, 3132 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Ira A. Heath House, 3132 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, I...

Significance: Hugh Morrison cites the Heath residence as evidence of the strong influence of H. H. Richardson's architecture on the work produced by Adler and Sullivan during the late 1880's. The row house faca... More

Frederick B. Carter, Jr. House, 1024 Judson Street, Evanston, Cook County, IL

Frederick B. Carter, Jr. House, 1024 Judson Street, Evanston, Cook Cou...

Significance: The Carter house was designed by Walter Burley Griffin in 1909-1910. At a time when he was apparently still under the influence of his former employer, Frank Lloyd Wright; this is suggested in his... More

Holy Trinity Russian & Greek Orthodox Church, 1121 North Leavitt Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Holy Trinity Russian & Greek Orthodox Church, 1121 North Leavitt Stree...

Significance: The church is a late work by Louis H. Sullivan in traditional and exotic ecclesiastical idiom. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-132 Survey number: HABS IL-1071 Buil... More

Reliance Building, 32 North State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Reliance Building, 32 North State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: An important example of the early Chicago School, it anticipates future developments in skyscraper design. Terra cotta was employed for exterior surfacing for the first time in this building. The ... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Coo...

Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan, the building is an important early skyscraper and was the first in Chicago to make use of caisson foundations. In February, 1961, it was designated a Chicago Archit... More

Edward W. McCready House, 231 North Euclid Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Edward W. McCready House, 231 North Euclid Street, Oak Park, Cook Coun...

Significance: This large, single-family dwelling is a simple, well-executed example of the work done by Prairie School architects, Spencer and Powers. It was built in the early 1900's in suburban Oak Park. Unp... More

Ernest J. Magerstadt House, 4930 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Ernest J. Magerstadt House, 4930 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook...

Significance: This house is probably one of the finest works of George W. Maher, a contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright, and one of the Prairie School. It shows a relationship to Wright's work of the time in its ... More

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-first-Thirty-third Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Ira A. Heath House, 3132 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Ira A. Heath House, 3132 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, I...

Significance: Hugh Morrison cites the Heath residence as evidence of the strong influence of H. H. Richardson's architecture on the work produced by Adler and Sullivan during the late 1880's. The row house faca... More

Holy Trinity Russian & Greek Orthodox Church, 1121 North Leavitt Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Holy Trinity Russian & Greek Orthodox Church, 1121 North Leavitt Stree...

Significance: The church is a late work by Louis H. Sullivan in traditional and exotic ecclesiastical idiom. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-132 Survey number: HABS IL-1071 Buil... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Coo...

Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan, the building is an important early skyscraper and was the first in Chicago to make use of caisson foundations. In February, 1961, it was designated a Chicago Archit... More

Edward W. McCready House, 231 North Euclid Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Edward W. McCready House, 231 North Euclid Street, Oak Park, Cook Coun...

Significance: This large, single-family dwelling is a simple, well-executed example of the work done by Prairie School architects, Spencer and Powers. It was built in the early 1900's in suburban Oak Park. Unp... More

Edward W. McCready House, 231 North Euclid Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Edward W. McCready House, 231 North Euclid Street, Oak Park, Cook Coun...

Significance: This large, single-family dwelling is a simple, well-executed example of the work done by Prairie School architects, Spencer and Powers. It was built in the early 1900's in suburban Oak Park. Unp... More

Emery House, 218 Arlington Street, Elmhurst, Du Page County, IL

Emery House, 218 Arlington Street, Elmhurst, Du Page County, IL

Significance: The Emery House is an early work of the Prairie School architect Walter Burley Griffin. Griffin's attitudes toward the Prairie School idiom are well identified by the architectural historian, H. A... More

T. S. Eastabrook House, 200 North Scoville Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

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

Ernest J. Magerstadt House, 4930 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Ernest J. Magerstadt House, 4930 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook...

Significance: This house is probably one of the finest works of George W. Maher, a contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright, and one of the Prairie School. It shows a relationship to Wright's work of the time in its ... More

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-first-Thirty-third Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-first-Thirty-third Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Frederick B. Carter, Jr. House, 1024 Judson Street, Evanston, Cook County, IL

Frederick B. Carter, Jr. House, 1024 Judson Street, Evanston, Cook Cou...

Significance: The Carter house was designed by Walter Burley Griffin in 1909-1910. At a time when he was apparently still under the influence of his former employer, Frank Lloyd Wright; this is suggested in his... More

Edward W. McCready House, 231 North Euclid Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Edward W. McCready House, 231 North Euclid Street, Oak Park, Cook Coun...

Significance: This large, single-family dwelling is a simple, well-executed example of the work done by Prairie School architects, Spencer and Powers. It was built in the early 1900's in suburban Oak Park. Unp... More

T. S. Eastabrook House, 200 North Scoville Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

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

Ernest J. Magerstadt House, 4930 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Ernest J. Magerstadt House, 4930 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook...

Significance: This house is probably one of the finest works of George W. Maher, a contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright, and one of the Prairie School. It shows a relationship to Wright's work of the time in its ... More

Leiter I Building, 200-208 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-first-Thirty-third Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-first-Thirty-third Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-first-Thirty-third Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Frederick B. Carter, Jr. House, 1024 Judson Street, Evanston, Cook County, IL

Frederick B. Carter, Jr. House, 1024 Judson Street, Evanston, Cook Cou...

Significance: The Carter house was designed by Walter Burley Griffin in 1909-1910. At a time when he was apparently still under the influence of his former employer, Frank Lloyd Wright; this is suggested in his... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Coo...

Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan, the building is an important early skyscraper and was the first in Chicago to make use of caisson foundations. In February, 1961, it was designated a Chicago Archit... More

Edward W. McCready House, 231 North Euclid Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Edward W. McCready House, 231 North Euclid Street, Oak Park, Cook Coun...

Significance: This large, single-family dwelling is a simple, well-executed example of the work done by Prairie School architects, Spencer and Powers. It was built in the early 1900's in suburban Oak Park. Unp... More

Emery House, 218 Arlington Street, Elmhurst, Du Page County, IL

Emery House, 218 Arlington Street, Elmhurst, Du Page County, IL

Significance: The Emery House is an early work of the Prairie School architect Walter Burley Griffin. Griffin's attitudes toward the Prairie School idiom are well identified by the architectural historian, H. A... More

Leiter I Building, 200-208 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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, IL

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

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-first-Thirty-third Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-first-Thirty-third Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Ira A. Heath House, 3132 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Ira A. Heath House, 3132 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, I...

Significance: Hugh Morrison cites the Heath residence as evidence of the strong influence of H. H. Richardson's architecture on the work produced by Adler and Sullivan during the late 1880's. The row house faca... More

Holy Trinity Russian & Greek Orthodox Church, 1121 North Leavitt Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Holy Trinity Russian & Greek Orthodox Church, 1121 North Leavitt Stree...

Significance: The church is a late work by Louis H. Sullivan in traditional and exotic ecclesiastical idiom. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-132 Survey number: HABS IL-1071 Buil... More

Holy Trinity Russian & Greek Orthodox Church, 1121 North Leavitt Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Holy Trinity Russian & Greek Orthodox Church, 1121 North Leavitt Stree...

Significance: The church is a late work by Louis H. Sullivan in traditional and exotic ecclesiastical idiom. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-132 Survey number: HABS IL-1071 Buil... More

Reliance Building, 32 North State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Reliance Building, 32 North State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: An important example of the early Chicago School, it anticipates future developments in skyscraper design. Terra cotta was employed for exterior surfacing for the first time in this building. The ... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Coo...

Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan, the building is an important early skyscraper and was the first in Chicago to make use of caisson foundations. In February, 1961, it was designated a Chicago Archit... More

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Coo...

Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan, the building is an important early skyscraper and was the first in Chicago to make use of caisson foundations. In February, 1961, it was designated a Chicago Archit... More

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Coo...

Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan, the building is an important early skyscraper and was the first in Chicago to make use of caisson foundations. In February, 1961, it was designated a Chicago Archit... More

Emery House, 218 Arlington Street, Elmhurst, Du Page County, IL

Emery House, 218 Arlington Street, Elmhurst, Du Page County, IL

Significance: The Emery House is an early work of the Prairie School architect Walter Burley Griffin. Griffin's attitudes toward the Prairie School idiom are well identified by the architectural historian, H. A... More

Ernest J. Magerstadt House, 4930 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Ernest J. Magerstadt House, 4930 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook...

Significance: This house is probably one of the finest works of George W. Maher, a contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright, and one of the Prairie School. It shows a relationship to Wright's work of the time in its ... More

Leiter I Building, 200-208 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-first-Thirty-third Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-first-Thirty-third Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Frederick B. Carter, Jr. House, 1024 Judson Street, Evanston, Cook County, IL

Frederick B. Carter, Jr. House, 1024 Judson Street, Evanston, Cook Cou...

Significance: The Carter house was designed by Walter Burley Griffin in 1909-1910. At a time when he was apparently still under the influence of his former employer, Frank Lloyd Wright; this is suggested in his... More

Holy Trinity Russian & Greek Orthodox Church, 1121 North Leavitt Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Holy Trinity Russian & Greek Orthodox Church, 1121 North Leavitt Stree...

Significance: The church is a late work by Louis H. Sullivan in traditional and exotic ecclesiastical idiom. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-132 Survey number: HABS IL-1071 Buil... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Coo...

Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan, the building is an important early skyscraper and was the first in Chicago to make use of caisson foundations. In February, 1961, it was designated a Chicago Archit... More

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Coo...

Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan, the building is an important early skyscraper and was the first in Chicago to make use of caisson foundations. In February, 1961, it was designated a Chicago Archit... More

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