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The buildings and architecture of Chicago reflect the city's history and multicultural heritage, featuring prominent buildings in a variety of styles. Most structures downtown were destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 (an exception being the Water Tower ).
The Four Houses by Architect Frederick Schock are Queen Anne and Shingle styles houses located at 5749 & 5804 West Race Avenue and 5804 & 5810 West Midway Park in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The houses were built between 1886 and 1892 by Frederick R. Schock. They were designated Chicago Landmarks on January 20 ...
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Chicago" The following 119 pages are in this category, out of 119 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Palmer Mansion was a large private home constructed 1882–1885 at 1350 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois.Once the largest private residence in the city, it was located in the Near North Side neighborhood, facing Lake Michigan. [6]
The house is described as the oldest surviving house in Chicago, [4] although part of the Noble-Seymour-Crippen House in the Norwood Park neighborhood was built in 1833. (However, Norwood Park was not annexed to Chicago until 1893.) [ 5 ] The Clarke-Ford House was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 14, 1970. [ 6 ]
Most recently, in 2019, Robie House was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site together with seven other significant works by Frank Lloyd Wright under the group listing "The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright." Robie House is owned by the University of Chicago and is regularly open to the public as a historic house museum operated ...
Theurrer-Wrigley House, also known as the Wrigley Mansion, is a historic building located in the Lincoln Park area of Chicago, United States. The Italian Renaissance-style mansion was commissioned by Joseph Theurer, then-owner of the Schoenhofen Brewing Company , and purchased in 1911 by Chicago's Wrigley family.
Glessner House, designated on October 14, 1970, as one of the first official Chicago Landmarks Night view of the top of The Chicago Board of Trade Building at 141 West Jackson, an address that has twice housed Chicago's tallest building Chicago Landmark is a designation by the Mayor and the City Council of Chicago for historic sites in Chicago, Illinois. Listed sites are selected after meeting ...