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Schaller’s Original Pump was the oldest bar and restaurant in Chicago, Illinois. [1] Located at 3714 South Halsted Street, the Pump was opened in 1881 by George “Harvey” Schaller and was owned and operated by the founder’s descendants until its closure in 2017. It was a local landmark in the Chicago South Side neighborhood of Bridgeport.
This list of museums in Illinois contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Chicago History Museum is the museum of the Chicago Historical Society (CHS). The CHS was founded in 1856 to study and interpret Chicago's history. The museum has been located in Lincoln Park since the 1930s at 1601 North Clark Street at the intersection of North Avenue in the Old Town Triangle neighborhood, where the museum has been expanded several times.
It is a well known place for live music, rowdy dancing, and fun events to honor a history dating back to 1863, including being an Old West house of ill repute. Related: Top 20 Old Western Towns ...
Chicago Cultural Center. The city of Chicago, Illinois, has many cultural institutions and museums, large and small.Major cultural institutions include: the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Central Public Harold Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center, all in the Loop;
The Former Chicago Historical Society Building is a historic landmark located at 632 N. Dearborn Street on the northwest corner of Dearborn and Ontario streets near downtown Chicago. Built in 1892, the granite -clad building is a prime example of Henry Ives Cobb 's Richardsonian Romanesque architecture . [1]
In the 1930s, the bar acquired the nickname "The Green Door", and this was eventually adopted formally. [1] George Parenti purchased the bar from the Giacomoni brothers in August 1985. [1] The structure developed a lean from plumb in its early years, due to the construction techniques used at the time, and this is still noticeable. [1]
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 ]