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Auditorium Building

Elevation of Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois · Architect: Dankmar Adler and Louis Henri Sullivan · Built 1887–1889

The Auditorium Building, designed by Adler and Sullivan and built 1887-89, has been cited by the Commission of Chicago Architectural Landmarks in recognition of the community spirit which here joined commercial and artistic ends, uniting hotel, office building, and theatre.

  • Cost $3,145,291.50, per a total-cost figure on a HABS data-page chart
  • Time to build: 1887–1889, per HABS data pages

Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. Library of Congress item. Full drawing: Elevation at loc.gov. No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted.