National Historic Landmark · Chicago, Illinois

Leiter Ii Building

A listed building in Chicago, Illinois, built 1891. Added to the National Register in 1976, and a National Historic Landmark.

Leiter Ii Building
Photo via Wikimedia Commons

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressNE corner of S. State and E. Congress Sts., Chicago, IL
CountyCook County
ListedJan 7, 1976
Reference number76000695
Built1891
ArchitectWilliam Le Baron Jenney
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, Chicago Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

Where it is

StreetNE corner of S. State and E. Congress Sts.
Coordinates41.87643, -87.62743 · Directions ↗

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Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 76000695. Nothing here is transcribed by hand.