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Illinois, Chicago Landmarks Commission Historical Markers
Scores of markers sponsored by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, whose members are appointed by the Mayor and City Council. Established in 1968 by City Ordinance, the Commission is responsible for recommending individual buildings, sites, objects, or entire districts be designated as Chicago Landmarks, thereby providing legal protection.
By Sean Flynn, November 7, 2023
Joseph Jacob Walser House
1 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Austin — Joseph Jacob Walser House Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect; 1903 Chicago Landmark —  |
| 2 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Avondale — Florsheim Shoe Company Building Alfred S. Alschuler, architect 1924-26 Chicago Landmark — |
| 3 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Back of the Yards — Union Stock Yard Gate Burnham and Root, architects; Yard open: 1865-1971 Chicago Landmark — |
| 4 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Chicago Bee Building Chicago Landmark — |
| 5 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Chicago Defender Building Chicago Landmark — |
| 6 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Overton Hygienic Building Chicago Landmark — |
| 7 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Pilgrim Baptist Church Chicago Landmark — |
| 8 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Sunset Cafe Chicago Landmark — |
| 9 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Supreme Life Building Chicago Landmark — |
| 10 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Unity Hall Chicago Landmark — |
| 11 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Bryan Lathrop House Chicago Landmark — |
| 12 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Fisher Studio Houses Andrew Rebori, architect; 1936 Chicago Landmark — |
| 13 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — The Three Arts Club Holabird and Roche, architects; 1914 Chicago Landmark — |
| 14 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church Chicago Landmark — |
| 15 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — Melissia Ann Elam Home Chicago Landmark — |
| 16 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — Richard Wright House Chicago Landmark — |
| 17 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Groveland Park — Stephen A. Douglas Memorial Leonard W. Volk, designer and sculptor 1881 Chicago Landmark — |
| 18 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Hyde Park — Greenwood Row Houses Chicago Landmark District — |
| 19 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Hyde Park — Museum of Science and Industry Charles B. Atwood, architect; 1891-93 Chicago Landmark — |
| 20 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Kenwood — Kenwood Landmark District — |
| 21 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Kenwood — Kenwood United Church of Christ Chicago Landmark — |
| 22 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View — (Former) Marshfield Trust and Savings Bank William Gibbons Uffendell, architect 1924 — |
| 23 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Brewster Apartments Chicago Landmark — |
| 24 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Abraham Lincoln Monument Augustus Saint-Gaudens, sculptor; Stanford White, architect 1887 — |
| 25 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool Alfred Caldwell, landscape architect 1936-38 — |
| 26 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Lion House, Lincoln Park Zoo Perkins, Fellows & Hamilton, architects 1912 — |
| 27 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Mid-North District Chicago Landmark — |
| 28 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — North Chicago Hospital Building Chicago Landmark — |
| 29 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Square — Rosehill Cemetery Entrance William W. Boyington, architect 1864 Chicago Landmark — |
| 30 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Little Italy — Jane Addams' Hull-House and Dining Hall Settlement active from 1889 to 1963 — |
| 31 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Loop District — Daley Center C.F. Murphy Associates, architect, Pablo Picasso, sculptor; 1965, 1967 (Chicago Picasso) Chicago Landmark — |
| 32 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Loop District — Fine Arts Building Solon S. Beman, architect; 1885; converted to Fine Arts Building in 1898 Chicago Landmark — |
| 33 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Loop District — Majestic Building and Theatre Edmund R. Krause, architect; 1906 Chicago Landmark — |
| 34 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Loop District — Reliance Building D. H. Burnham & Co., architects; 1890-95 Chicago Landmark — |
| 35 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Magnificent Mile — McGraw-Hill Building Thielbar and Fugard, architect; 1928-29 Chicago Landmark — |
| 36 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Magnolia Glen — Gauler Twin Houses Walter Burley Griffin, Architect 1906 — |
| 37 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near North — Bush Temple of Music J.E.O. Pridmore, architect; 1901 Chicago Landmark — |
| 38 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near North — Village Theatre Alfred Woerner, architect; 1915-16 Chicago Landmark — |
| 39 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near South Side — American Book Company Building Nelson Max Dunning, architect 1912 — |
| 40 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near South Side — Chess Records Office and Studio Chicago Landmark — |
| 41 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near South Side — John J. Glessner House Henry Hobson Richardson, Architect 1887 — |
| 42 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near South Side — Quinn Chapel Chicago Landmark — |
| 43 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near South Side — WheelerKohn House Otis L. Wheelock, architect 1870 — |
| 44 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near South Side — White Castle #16 Chicago Landmark — |
| 45 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Norwood Park — Noble-Seymour-Crippen House 1833; addition in 1868 Chicago Landmark Reported missing |
| 46 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Old Irving Park — Charles N. Loucks House Clarence H. Tabor, architect 1889 Chicago Landmark — |
| 47 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Old Town Triangle — Henry Gerber House 1885 Chicago Landmark — |
| 48 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Old Town Triangle — Old Town Triangle Chicago Landmark District — |
| 49 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, River North — (Former) Engine Company 42 Firehouse Unknown, architects; 1887 Chicago Landmark — |
| 50 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, River North — Chicago Varnish Company Building Henry Ives Cobb, architect 1895 Chicago Landmark — |
| 51 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, River North — Courthouse Plaza Chicago Landmark — |
| 52 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, River North — Former Chicago Historical Society Building Chicago Landmark — |
| 53 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, River North — IBM Building Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, architect; C.F. Murphy Associates, engineers; 1969-72 Chicago Landmark — |
| 54 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, River North — LaSalle Street Cable Car Powerhouse North Chicago Street Railway Co., builder; 1887 Chicago Landmark — |
| 55 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, River North — Marina City Bertrand Goldberg Associates, architect; Severud-Elstad-Krueger, engineer; 1960-1967 Chicago Landmark — |
| 56 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, River North — McCormick Double House Chicago Landmark — |
| 57 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, River North — Tree Studios Chicago Landmark — |
| 58 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Rush & Division — (Former) Cosmopolitan State Bank Chicago Landmark — |
| 59 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Rush & Division — Hotel St. Benedict Flats James J. Egan, architect 1882-83 — |
| 60 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Streeterville — 227 East Walton Place Apartment Building Chicago Landmark — |
| 61 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Streeterville — Allerton Hotel Chicago Landmark — |
| 62 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Streeterville — Office and Studio of Perkins, Fellows & Hamilton, architects 1917 Chicago Landmark — |
| 63 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Streeterville — Tribune Tower Chicago Landmark — |
| 64 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — 300 West Adams Street Office Building Jens J. Jensen, Architect; 1927 Chicago Landmark — |
| 65 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — 35 East Wacker Drive Building Giaver & Dinkelberg, architect; 1926-27 Chicago Landmark — |
| 66 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Auditorium Building Adler and Sullivan, architects 1889 — |
| 67 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Blackstone Hotel Marshall & Fox, architects 1910 — |
| 68 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Carbide and Carbon Building Burnham Brothers Inc., architect 1929 — |
| 69 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Carson Pirie Scott & Company Building Louis H. Sullivan, architect, 1899, 19031904; 1906 addition by D.H. Burnham and Co. Chicago Landmark — |
| 70 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Chicago Theater Rapp and Rapp, architects; 1921 Chicago Landmark — |
| 71 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Continental and Commercial Bank Building D.H. Burnham & Co. ; Graham, Anderson Probst & White, architects 1914 — |
| 72 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Harris and Selwyn Theaters Chicago Landmark — |
| 73 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Inland Steel Building Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, architects; 1956-57 Chicago Landmark — |
| 74 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Lake-Franklin Group Chicago Landmark — |
| 75 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Leiter II Building William Le Baron Jenney, architect (1889-91) Chicago Landmark — |
| 76 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Ludington Building William Le Baron Jenney, architect 1891 — |
| 77 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Mather Tower H.H. Riddle, architect; 1928 Chicago Landmark — |
| 78 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Old Colony Building Holabird and Roche, architect; 1893-94 Chicago Landmark — |
| 79 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Old Republic Building (Originally the Bell Building) K.M. Vitzthum & Co., architect; 1924 Chicago Landmark — |
| 80 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Oliver Building Holabird and Roche, architects; 1907 Chicago Landmark — |
| 81 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Page Brothers Building John M. Van Osdel, architect; 1872 Chicago Landmark — |
| 82 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Palmer House Hotel Holabird & Roche, architects 1925-27 — |
| 83 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Pittsfield Building Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, architect; 1927 Chicago Landmark — |
| 84 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Rookery Building Burnham and Root, architects 1886 — |
| 85 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Site of Fort Dearborn 1803 — |
| 86 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Site of the Sauganash Hotel/Wigwam Chicago Landmark — |
| 87 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Steger Building Marshall & Fox, architects; 1909-1910 Chicago Landmark — |
| 88 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — The Heyworth Building D.H. Burnham & Co., architects 1904 Chicago Landmark — |
| 89 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Trustees System Service Building Chicago Landmark — |
| 90 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Ukrainian Village — Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral and Rectory Louis H. Sullivan, architect; 1903 Chicago Landmark — |
| 91 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Uptown — Essanay Studios Built 1908-15 Chicago Landmark — |
| 92 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Uptown — Getty Tomb Adler and Sullivan, architects 1890 Chicago Landmark — |
| 93 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, West Jackson Boulevard District — Jackson Boulevard District Chicago Landmark — |
| 94 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, West Loop — Chicago & North Western Railway Powerhouse Foster & Granger, architects 1909-1911 — |