These fifty landmarks weave an interconnected tale of Chicago between 1836 and 1932 (and beyond).
You might notice there are several hotels. That’s because so many wonderful old buildings have been adapted in that manner. It’s pretty cool to be able to spend the night in a building designed by Jenney or Burnham.
Landmarks listed as Original Name (Current Name, if changed)
- Clarke House
- Lake Park (Grant Park)
- Charles Hull House (Hull-House Museum)
- Lake Park (Lincoln Park & Lincoln Park Zoo)
- Water Tower & Pumping Station
- Page Brothers Building
- Palmer House
- Bryant Block (Delaware Building)
- Nickerson Mansion (Driehaus Museum)
- Studebaker Brothers’ Lake Front Carriage Repository (Fine Arts Building)
- Glessner House
- Rookery Building
- Auditorium Building
- Monadnock Block
- Charnley House (Charnley-Persky House)
- Marshall Field and Company Building (Macy’s on State Street)
- Palace of Fine Arts (Museum of Science & Industry)
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Newberry Library
- New York Life Insurance Building (Kimpton Gray)
- Tree Studios
- Chicago Varnish Company (Harry Caray’s Italian Steakhouse)
- Chicago Public Library (Chicago Cultural Center)
- Schlesinger & Mayer (Sullivan Center)
- Orchestra Hall (Symphony Center)
- Majestic Building and Theater (CIBC Theatre)
- The Blackstone Hotel
- Federal Life Building (Hotel Julian)
- D. B. Fisk & Company (Hotel Monaco)
- Municipal Pier #2 (Navy Pier)
- Michigan Avenue Bridge (DuSable Bridge)
- The Drake Hotel
- Wrigley Building
- Columbian Museum of Chicago (Field Museum)
- The Chicago Theatre
- London Guarantee & Accident Building (LondonHouse Hotel)
- The Chicago Temple
- Union Station
- Tribune Tower
- Bismarck Hotel (Allegro Royal Sonesta Hotel Chicago)
- Oriental Theatre (James M. Nederlander Theatre)
- Stevens Hotel (Hilton Chicago)
- Medinah Athletic Club (InterContinental Chicago)
- Carbide and Carbon Building (Pendry Chicago)
- Civic Opera House
- Adler Planetarium
- Shedd Aquarium
- Chicago Board of Trade Building
- Merchandise Mart (theMART)
- Chicago Historical Society (Chicago History Museum)