Auditorium Building (Chicago)

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The Auditorium Building in Chicago is a landmark late-19th-century multi-use structure designed by Adler and Sullivan, renowned for its innovative architecture and historic theater.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building
historic landmark
multi-use building
opera house
theater building
address 430 South Michigan Avenue
architect Dankmar Adler
Louis Sullivan
architecturalStyle Chicago School of Architecture
surface form: Chicago School

Richardsonian Romanesque
associatedWith Adler and Sullivan
completionDate 1889
constructionStart 1887
country United States of America
surface form: United States
currentUse educational facility
performing arts venue
designated National Historic Landmark
developer Ferdinand Peck
hasFeature arched openings
large central theater
rusticated stone base
tower elements
hasPart Auditorium Theatre
hotel
office block
hasSeatingCapacity approximately 3900
listedOn National Register of Historic Places
locatedIn Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago

Illinois
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedOn Michigan Avenue
namedAfter Auditorium Theatre
nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationDate 1975
nrhpListingDate 1966
nrhpType National Historic Landmark
occupant Roosevelt University
opened 1889
originalUse hotel
offices
theater
overlooks Grant Park
owner Roosevelt University
partOf Auditorium Theatre
surface form: Auditorium Theatre complex
significantFor acoustics
early skyscraper engineering
innovative architecture
mixed-use design
structuralSystem load-bearing masonry

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Railway Exchange Building (Chicago) near Auditorium Building (Chicago)
Historic Michigan Boulevard District hasBuilding Auditorium Building (Chicago)
this entity surface form: The Auditorium Building
Auditorium Theatre partOf Auditorium Building (Chicago)
this entity surface form: Chicago Landmark district (Auditorium Building)
National Historic Landmarks in Illinois contains Auditorium Building (Chicago)
Ferdinand Peck associatedWithOrganization Auditorium Building (Chicago)
this entity surface form: Auditorium Association of Chicago