National Historic Landmark · Chicago, Illinois

Rookery Building

A listed building in Chicago, Illinois, built 1888 in the Chicago School style. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.

Rookery Building
Photo via Wikimedia Commons

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address209 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, IL
CountyCook County
ListedApr 17, 1970
Reference number70000238
Built1888
ArchitectFrank Lloyd Wright
StyleChicago School
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

Street209 S. LaSalle St.
Coordinates41.87911, -87.63216 · 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 70000238. Nothing here is transcribed by hand.