The Rookery Building

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The Rookery Building is a historic Chicago office building renowned for its Romanesque Revival architecture and a light-filled lobby redesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic building
office building
skyscraper
address 209 South LaSalle Street
architecturalStyle Chicago School architecture
Neo-Romanesque
surface form: Romanesque Revival
builtFor Brooks family
ChicagoLandmarkDesignationDate 1972
city Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago
completionDate 1888
country United States of America
surface form: United States
developer Peter Brooks
Shepard Brooks
era late 19th century architecture
floorCount 12
hasAlternateName The Rookery
hasLobbyRedesignBy Frank Lloyd Wright
hasPublicTours yes
hasRenovation extensive restoration in the 1990s
height approximately 181 feet
historicDesignation Chicago Landmark
National Historic Landmark
influencedBy Richardsonian Romanesque
lobbyRedesignDate 1905
location City of Chicago
surface form: Chicago

Illinois
United States of America
surface form: United States
neighborhood Chicago Loop
NHLDesignationDate 1975
notableFeature glass-covered light court
grand staircase
light-filled central atrium
ornate ironwork
NRHPListingDate 1970
originalArchitect Daniel Burnham
surface form: Daniel H. Burnham

John Wellborn Root
owner The Rookery Building self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Rookery Building Limited Partnership
partOf Chicago Loop
surface form: LaSalle Street financial district
referenceNumberNRHP 70000233
significance important example of early commercial skyscraper design
one of the oldest standing high-rises in Chicago
startDate 1885
structuralSystem internal iron frame
load-bearing masonry walls
touristAttraction yes
use commercial offices

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Loop hasLandmark The Rookery Building
Burnham and Root notableWork The Rookery Building
this entity surface form: Rookery Building
The Rookery Building owner The Rookery Building self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Rookery Building Limited Partnership