National Register of Historic Places listings in Central Chicago

For places listed on the National Register in the rest of Chicago, see National Register of Historic Places listings in North Side Chicago, National Register of Historic Places listings in South Side Chicago or National Register of Historic Places listings in West Side Chicago, for Cook County, see National Register of Historic Places listings in Cook County, Illinois.

Currently there are 124 National Register of Historic Places listings in Central Chicago, out of 374 listings in the City of Chicago. Central Chicago includes 3 of the 77 well-defined community areas of Chicago: the historic business and cultural center of Chicago known as the Loop, as well as the Near North Side and the Near South Side. The combined area is bounded by Lake Michigan on the east, the Chicago River on the west, North Avenue (1600 N.) on the north, and 26th Street (2600 S.) on the south. This area runs five and one-quarter miles from north to south and about one and one-half miles from east to west.

The Chicago central city area includes many early classic skyscrapers of the Chicago School of Architecture, such as Burnham and Root's Monadnock and the Reliance Buildings, as well as buildings from the early Modernist period, such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's IBM Building and 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments. Chicago's earliest surviving building, the Henry B. Clarke House is on the Near South Side, close to the Prairie Avenue District, which many critics view as the jewel of residential Chicago architecture. Architect Louis Sullivan's work is represented by the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building, and Auditorium Building. Though Frank Lloyd Wright worked downtown early in his career as an assistant to Sullivan - including work on the James Charnley House - his own work in the central city is represented only by a renovation of the lobby of Daniel Burnham's and John Wellborn Root's Rookery Building.

At least three sites relate to the city's role in nationwide retailing. Included also are several religious buildings, six hotels, and four theaters.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted May 17, 2019.

	NRHP-listed
∞	NRHP-listed Historic district
*	National Historic Landmark and NRHP-listed
∞	National Historic Landmark and NRHP-listed Historic district

Contents

Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	Neighborhood	Description
1	Adler Planetarium		February 27, 1987 (#87000819)	1300 S. Lake Shore Drive 41°51′58″N 87°36′24″W	Near South Side	1930
2	America Fore Building		June 21, 2016 (#16000383)	844 N. Rush Street 41°53′53″N 87°37′34″W	Near North Side
3	Auditorium Building, Roosevelt University		April 17, 1970 (#70000230)	430 S. Michigan Avenue 41°52′32″N 87°37′29″W	Chicago Loop	1889
4	B.F. Goodrich Company Showroom		May 28, 2009 (#09000347)	1925 S. Michigan Avenue 41°51′21″N 87°37′24″W	Near South Side
5	Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre		June 6, 1979 (#79000822)	175 N. State Street 41°53′08″N 87°37′38″W	Chicago Loop	1921
6	Blackstone Hotel		May 8, 1986 (#86001005)	80 E. Balbo Drive 41°52′24″N 87°37′28″W	Chicago Loop	1910
7	Boyce Building		February 29, 1996 (#96000080)	500-510 N. Dearborn Street 41°53′28″N 87°37′48″W	Near North Side
8	Buckingham Building		August 10, 2000 (#00000942)	59-67 E. Van Buren Street 41°52′36″N 87°37′30″W	Chicago Loop
9	Building at 14-16 Pearson Street		May 8, 1980 (#80001343)	14-16 E. Pearson Street 41°53′51″N 87°37′40″W	Near North Side
10	Building at 257 East Delaware Place		June 26, 1987 (#87001113)	257 E. Delaware Place 41°53′57″N 87°37′10″W	Near North Side
11	Buildings at 860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive		August 28, 1980 (#80001344)	860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive 41°53′55″N 87°37′08″W	Near North Side	1949
12	Burlingham Building		February 14, 1985 (#85000264)	104 W. Oak Street 41°54′04″N 87°37′54″W	Near North Side
13	Bush Temple of Music		December 31, 2013 (#13001001)	100 W. Chicago Avenue, 800 N. Clark Street 41°53′49″N 87°37′54″W	Near North Side
14	Calumet Plant, R. R. Donnelly & Sons Company		February 17, 1983 (#83000308)	350 E. Cermak Road 41°51′13″N 87°37′05″W	Near South Side
15	Carling Hotel		January 24, 2017 (#100000563)	1512 N. LaSalle Street 41°54′35″N 87°38′01″W	Near North Side
16	Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building		April 17, 1970 (#70000231)	1 S. State Street 41°52′54″N 87°37′39″W	Chicago Loop
17	Chapin and Gore Building		June 27, 1979 (#79000823)	63 E. Adams Street 41°52′45″N 87°37′31″W	Chicago Loop
18	James Charnley House		April 17, 1970 (#70000232)	1365 N. Astor Street 41°54′28″N 87°37′40″W	Near North Side
19	Chicago Avenue Water Tower and Pumping Station		April 23, 1975 (#75000644)	806 N. Michigan Avenue 41°53′50″N 87°37′26″W	Near North Side
20	Chicago Board of Trade Building		June 16, 1978 (#78003181)	141 W. Jackson Boulevard 41°52′41″N 87°37′56″W	Chicago Loop
21	Chicago Club		February 28, 2005 (#05000109)	81 E. Van Buren Street 41°52′37″N 87°37′29″W	Chicago Loop	1929 Granger and Bollenbacher Romanesque Revival
22	Chicago Federal Center		March 24, 2011 (#08001165)	Entire block bounded by S. Dearborn Street, W. Jackson Street, S. Clark Street and W. Adams Street and the contiguous half-block east of S. Dearborn Street 41°52′44″N 87°37′48″W	Chicago Loop
23	Chicago Harbor Lighthouse		July 19, 1984 (#84000986)	North Breakwater 41°53′22″N 87°35′26″W	Near North Side
24	Chicago Public Library, Central Building		July 31, 1972 (#72000449)	78 E. Washington Street 41°53′02″N 87°37′30″W	Chicago Loop
25	Chicago Savings Bank Building		September 5, 1975 (#75000645)	7 W. Madison Street 41°52′54″N 87°37′42″W	Chicago Loop
26	Chicago Varnish Company Building		June 14, 2001 (#01000649)	33 W. Kinzie Street 41°53′20″N 87°37′46″W	Near North Side
27	Henry B. Clarke House		May 6, 1971 (#71000290)	1827 S. Indiana Avenue 41°51′26″N 87°37′19″W	Near South Side
28	Coca Cola Company Building		February 22, 1991 (#91000114)	1322-1336 S. Wabash Avenue 41°51′54″N 87°37′34″W	Near South Side
29	Continental and Commercial National Bank		February 14, 2007 (#07000064)	208 S. LaSalle Street 41°52′45″N 87°37′56″W	Chicago Loop
30	Conway Building		February 9, 1984 (#84000988)	111 W. Washington Street 41°52′58″N 87°37′53″W	Chicago Loop
31	Cook County Criminal Court Building		November 13, 1984 (#84000281)	54 W. Hubbard Street 41°53′25″N 87°37′49″W	Near North Side
32	Crane Company Building		January 28, 2002 (#01001538)	836 S. Michigan Avenue 41°52′14″N 87°37′28″W	Chicago Loop
33	Curtiss–Wright Aeronautical University Building		October 16, 2013 (#13000827)	1338-1342 S. Michigan Avenue 41°51′53″N 87°37′28″W	Near South Side	1929-53 location of African-American aviation school
34	Dearborn Station		March 26, 1976 (#76000688)	47 W. Polk Street 41°52′20″N 87°37′42″W	Chicago Loop
35	Delaware Building		July 18, 1974 (#74000749)	36 W. Randolph Street 41°53′05″N 87°37′45″W	Chicago Loop
36	Drake Hotel		May 8, 1980 (#80001345)	140 E. Walton Street 41°54′02″N 87°37′27″W	Near North Side
37	Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite		May 11, 1976 (#76000690)	401 N. Michigan Avenue 41°53′23″N 87°37′24″W	Near North Side
38	Emmel Building		November 13, 1984 (#84000283)	1357 N. Wells Street 41°54′26″N 87°38′03″W	Near North Side
39	Fairbanks, Morse and Company Building		November 16, 1988 (#88002233)	900 S. Wabash Avenue 41°52′13″N 87°37′34″W	Chicago Loop
40	Field Museum of Natural History		September 5, 1975 (#75000647)	1400 S. Lake Shore Drive 41°51′59″N 87°37′01″W	Near South Side
41	Marshall Field Garden Apartments		December 17, 1991 (#91001691)	1336-1452 N. Sedgwick Street, 1337-1453 N. Hudson Avenue, 400-424 W. Evergreen Street and 401-425 W. Blackhawk Street 41°54′29″N 87°38′20″W	Near North Side
42	Fisher Building		March 16, 1976 (#76000691)	343 S. Dearborn Street 41°52′37″N 87°37′44″W	Chicago Loop
43	Fort Dearborn Hotel		November 12, 1982 (#82000390)	401 S. LaSalle Street 41°52′36″N 87°37′52″W	Chicago Loop
44	Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago		September 5, 1975 (#75000648)	126 E. Chestnut Street 41°53′55″N 87°37′28″W	Near North Side
45	Gage Group-Ascher, Keith, and Gage Buildings		November 14, 1985 (#85002840)	18-30 S. Michigan Avenue 41°52′52″N 87°37′30″W	Chicago Loop
46	Germania Club		October 22, 1976 (#76000692)	108 W. Germania Place 41°54′38″N 87°37′57″W	Near North Side
47	John J. Glessner House		April 17, 1970 (#70000233)	1800 S. Prairie Avenue 41°51′27″N 87°37′16″W	Near South Side
48	Gold Coast Historic District		January 30, 1978 (#78001121)	Roughly bounded by North Avenue, Lake Shore Drive, Clark and Oak Streets. 41°54′21″N 87°37′41″W	Near North Side
49	Grant Park		July 21, 1993 (#92001075)	Roughly, from the Chicago River to E. McFetridge Drive at Lake Michigan 41°52′31″N 87°37′05″W	Chicago Loop
50	Raymond M. Hilliard Center Historic District		September 13, 1999 (#99001072)	Jct. of W. Cermak Road and S. State Street 41°51′15″N 87°36′59″W	Near South Side
51	Holy Name Cathedral		May 25, 2000 (#00000477)	735 N. State Street 41°53′46″N 87°37′40″W	Near North Side
52	Hotel St. Benedict Flats		September 1, 1995 (#88003311)	40, 42, 50 E. Chicago Avenue, 801 N. Wabash Avenue 41°53′49″N 87°37′35″W	Near North Side
53	IBM Building		March 11, 2010 (#09000166)	330 N. Wabash Street 41°53′19″N 87°37′39″W	Near North Side
54	Inland Steel Building		February 18, 2009 (#09000024)	30 W. Monroe Street 41°52′51″N 87°37′44″W	Chicago Loop
55	Jewelers' Building		August 7, 1974 (#74000752)	15-19 S. Wabash Avenue 41°52′53″N 87°37′33″W	Chicago Loop
56	William W. Kimball House		December 9, 1971 (#71000291)	1801 S. Prairie Avenue 41°51′24″N 87°37′12″W	Near South Side
57	Lakeside Press Building		June 23, 1976 (#76000694)	731 S. Plymouth Court 41°52′21″N 87°37′42″W	Chicago Loop
58	Bryan Lathrop House		February 15, 1974 (#74000753)	120 E. Bellevue Place 41°54′06″N 87°37′31″W	Near North Side
59	Victor F. Lawson House YMCA		May 8, 2017 (#100000959)	30 W. Chicago Avenue 41°53′48″N 87°37′46″W	Near North Side
60	Leiter II Building		January 7, 1976 (#76000695)	401 S. State Street 41°52′35″N 87°37′39″W	Chicago Loop
61	Loop Retail Historic District		November 27, 1998 (#98001351)	Roughly bounded by Lake Street, Wabash Avenue, Congress Parkway, and State Street 41°52′52″N 87°37′37″W	Chicago Loop
62	Ludington Building		May 8, 1980 (#80001347)	1104 S. Wabash Avenue 41°52′08″N 87°37′35″W	Chicago Loop
63	Lumber Exchange Building and Tower Addition		December 6, 2007 (#07001238)	11 S. LaSalle Street 41°52′54″N 87°37′55″W	Chicago Loop
64	Albert F. Madlener House		October 15, 1970 (#70000234)	4 W. Burton Street 41°54′35″N 87°37′45″W	Near North Side
65	Manhattan Building		March 16, 1976 (#76000697)	431 S. Dearborn Street 41°52′34″N 87°37′45″W	Chicago Loop
66	Marquette Building		August 17, 1973 (#73000697)	140 S. Dearborn Street 41°52′48″N 87°37′46″W	Chicago Loop
67	Marshall Hotel		November 27, 2017 (#100001833)	1232 N. LaSalle Street 41°54′17″N 87°37′59″W	Near North Side
68	Marshall Field Company Store		June 2, 1978 (#78001123)	111 N. State Street 41°53′01″N 87°37′37″W	Chicago Loop
69	Maxwell-Briscoe Automobile Company Showroom		November 18, 2002 (#02001349)	1737 S. Michigan Avenue 41°51′36″N 87°37′25″W	Near South Side
70	Isaac N. Maynard Rowhouses		February 25, 2004 (#04000077)	119,121,123 W. Delaware Place 41°54′04″N 87°37′57″W	Near North Side
71	McClurg Building		August 17, 1970 (#70000235)	218 S. Wabash Avenue 41°52′44″N 87°37′34″W	Chicago Loop
72	Michigan-Wacker Historic District		November 15, 1978 (#78001124)	Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive and environs 41°53′19″N 87°37′29″W	Chicago Loop
73	Monadnock Block		November 20, 1970 (#70000236)	53 W. Jackson Boulevard 41°52′41″N 87°37′46″W	Chicago Loop
74	Montgomery Ward Company Complex		June 2, 1978 (#78001125)	619 W. Chicago Avenue 41°53′50″N 87°38′37″W	Near North Side
75	Motor Row Historic District		November 18, 2002 (#02001387)	Roughly bounded by E. Cermak Road, S. Indiana Avenue, E. 24th Place, and S. Wabash Avenue 41°51′10″N 87°37′26″W	Near South Side
76	Municipal Courts Building		August 29, 1985 (#85001912)	116 S. Michigan Avenue 41°52′48″N 87°37′28″W	Chicago Loop
77	Municipal Pier		September 13, 1979 (#79000825)	200 N. Streeter Drive 41°53′29″N 87°35′59″W	Near North Side
78	The Neuville		January 2, 2013 (#12001113)	232 E. Walton Place 41°54′01″N 87°37′14″W	Near North Side
79	New Masonic Building and Oriental Theater		September 26, 1978 (#78003401)	20 W. Randolph Street 41°53′04″N 87°37′41″W	Chicago Loop
80	Samuel Nickerson House		November 7, 1976 (#76000700)	40 E. Erie Street 41°53′38″N 87°37′36″W	Near North Side
81	North Wells Street Historic District		May 3, 1984 (#84001021)	1240-1260 N. Wells Street 41°54′20″N 87°38′05″W	Near North Side
82	Old Chicago Historical Society Building		November 28, 1978 (#78001126)	632 N. Dearborn Street 41°53′37″N 87°37′48″W	Near North Side
83	Old Colony Buildings		January 2, 1976 (#76000701)	407 S. Dearborn Street 41°52′34″N 87°37′45″W	Chicago Loop
84	Oliver Building		December 8, 1983 (#83003563)	159 N. Dearborn Street 41°53′06″N 87°37′45″W	Chicago Loop
85	One LaSalle Street Building		November 22, 1999 (#99001378)	1 N. LaSalle Street 41°52′55″N 87°37′56″W	Chicago Loop
86	Orchestra Hall		March 21, 1978 (#78001127)	220 S. Michigan Avenue 41°52′43″N 87°37′29″W	Chicago Loop
87	Page Brothers Building		June 5, 1975 (#75000649)	177-91 N. State Street 41°53′08″N 87°37′39″W	Chicago Loop
88	Palmolive Building		August 21, 2003 (#03000784)	919 N. Michigan Avenue 41°53′59″N 87°37′26″W	Near North Side
89	Peck and Hills Furniture Company Warehouse		May 18, 2015 (#15000225)	909 W. Bliss Street 41°54′04″N 87°39′04″W	Near North Side
90	Peoples Gas Building		November 13, 1984 (#84000293)	122 S. Michigan Avenue 41°52′47″N 87°37′29″W	Chicago Loop
91	Pontiac Building		March 16, 1976 (#76000702)	542 S. Dearborn Street 41°52′29″N 87°37′44″W	Chicago Loop
92	Prairie Avenue District		November 15, 1972 (#72000452)	S. Prairie Avenue on either side of E. 18th Street, about 1 block in 41°51′26″N 87°37′19″W	Near South Side
93	Quigley Preparatory Seminary		February 16, 1996 (#96000093)	103 E. Chestnut Street 41°53′52″N 87°37′33″W	Near North Side
94	Quinn Chapel of the A.M.E. Church		September 4, 1979 (#79000827)	2401 S. Wabash Avenue 41°50′56″N 87°37′30″W	Near South Side
95	Railway Exchange Building		June 3, 1982 (#82002530)	80 E. Jackson Boulevard and 224 S. Michigan Avenue 41°52′42″N 87°37′28″W	Chicago Loop
96	Harriet F. Rees House		May 22, 2007 (#07000458)	2017 S. Prairie Avenue 41°51′14″N 87°37′15″W	Near South Side	Moved from 2110 S. Prairie Avenue in 2014
97	Reid House		August 21, 2003 (#03000783)	2013 S. Prairie Avenue 41°51′19″N 87°37′12″W	Near South Side
98	Reid Murdoch Building		August 28, 1975 (#75000650)	325 N. LaSalle Street 41°53′17″N 87°37′54″W	Near North Side
99	Reliance Building		October 15, 1970 (#70000237)	32 N. State Street 41°52′58″N 87°37′42″W	Chicago Loop
100	Rookery Building		April 17, 1970 (#70000238)	209 S. LaSalle Street 41°52′45″N 87°37′56″W	Chicago Loop
101	A. M. Rothschild & Company Store		November 27, 1989 (#89002025)	333 S. State Street 41°52′39″N 87°37′38″W	Chicago Loop
102	St. Luke's Hospital Complex		November 24, 1982 (#82000392)	1435 S. Michigan Avenue, 1400 Block S. Indiana Avenue 41°51′47″N 87°37′23″W	Near South Side
103	Second Presbyterian Church		December 27, 1974 (#74000754)	1936 S. Michigan Avenue 41°51′21″N 87°37′28″W	Near South Side
104	John G. Shedd Aquarium		February 27, 1987 (#87000820)	1200 S. Lake Shore Drive 41°52′04″N 87°36′50″W	Near South Side
105	Silversmith Building		May 16, 1997 (#97000435)	10 S. Wabash Avenue 41°52′52″N 87°37′35″W	Chicago Loop
106	Singer Building		February 10, 1983 (#83000314)	120 S. State Street 41°52′48″N 87°37′41″W	Chicago Loop
107	Somerset Hotel		March 3, 2000 (#00000153)	1152-1154 S. Wabash Avenue 41°52′04″N 87°37′34″W	Chicago Loop
108	South Dearborn Street-Printing House Row Historic District		January 7, 1976 (#76000705)	343, 407, 431 S. Dearborn Street and 53 W. Jackson Boulevard 41°52′42″N 87°37′41″W	Chicago Loop
109	South Loop Printing House District		March 2, 1978 (#78001130)	Roughly bounded by W. Taylor Street, W. Polk Street, S. Wells Street, W. Congress Parkway and S. State Street 41°52′26″N 87°37′51″W	Chicago Loop
110	The Steuben Club		May 22, 2007 (#07000457)	188 W. Randolph Street 41°53′04″N 87°38′01″W	Chicago Loop
111	Studebaker Building		August 11, 1975 (#75000653)	410-418 S. Michigan Avenue 41°52′34″N 87°37′29″W	Chicago Loop
112	Swedish Club of Chicago		December 2, 1985 (#85003031)	1258 N. LaSalle Street 41°54′20″N 87°38′00″W	Near North Side
113	Tree Studio Building and Annexes		December 16, 1974 (#74000756)	4 E. Ohio Street 41°53′34″N 87°37′40″W	Near North Side
114	Trustees System Service Building		September 3, 1998 (#98001132)	201 N. Wells Street 41°53′10″N 87°38′01″W	Chicago Loop
115	Mark Twain Hotel		May 8, 2017 (#100000961)	111 W. Division Street 41°54′14″N 87°37′55″W	Near North Side
116	Vesta Accumulator Company Building		January 2, 2013 (#12001115)	2100 S. Indiana Avenue 41°51′15″N 87°37′22″W	Near South Side
117	William Waller House		November 21, 1980 (#80001346)	1012 N. Dearborn Street 41°54′03″N 87°37′49″W	Near North Side
118	Washington Square		May 20, 1991 (#91000566)	901 N. Clark Street 41°53′58″N 87°37′50″W	Near North Side
119	Washington Square Historic District		August 21, 2003 (#03000786)	Washington Square, N. Dearborn Street, from W. Walton Street to W. Chicago Avenue 41°53′56″N 87°37′49″W	Near North Side
120	West Burton Place Historic District		December 6, 2007 (#07001239)	143-161 W Burton Place 41°54′32″N 87°38′02″W	Near North Side
121	West Loop–LaSalle Street Historic District		June 1, 2013 (#12001238)	Roughly bounded by W. Wacker Drive N. & S. Wells Street, W. Van Buren Street and N. & S. Clark Street; 330 S. Wells & 212 W. Van Buren Sts. 41°52′50″N 87°37′56″W	Chicago Loop	Second set of addresses represents a boundary increase on 2017-07-24
122	Wheeler-Kohn House		August 12, 1999 (#99000975)	2018 S. Calumet Avenue 41°51′18″N 87°37′10″W	Near South Side
123	Wooden Alley		May 22, 2002 (#02000543)	1535 N between N. Astor Street and N. State Street 41°54′37″N 87°37′42″W	Near North Side
124	YMCA Hotel		August 30, 1989 (#89001202)	820-828 S. Wabash Avenue 41°52′17″N 87°37′34″W	Chicago Loop

Former listing

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	Summary
1	Chicago Stock Exchange Building		1970 (#70000911)	December 7, 1971	30 N. LaSalle St.	Demolished in 1972.
2	Grand Central Passenger Station		Unknown (#71001084)	1971	S. Wells and Harrison	Demolished in 1971.
3	Leiter I Building		Unknown (#70000910)	1972	200--208 W. Monroe St.	Demolished in 1972
4	McCarthy Building		June 16, 1976 (#76000698)	December 8, 1995	Washington and Dearborn Sts.	Demolished
5	New Michigan Hotel		Unavailable (#83003562)	March 14, 2002	2135 S. Michigan Avenue	Originally the Lexington Hotel; the building was demolished in 1996.
6	Soldier Field		August 9, 1984 (#84001052)	February 17, 2006	425 E. 14th Street 41°51′45″N 87°36′59″W	Near South Side
7	Unity Building		September 6, 1979 (#79000829)	December 8, 1995	127 N. Dearborn St.	Demolished in 1989
8	Western Methodist Book Concern Building		September 11, 1975 (#75000654)	December 8, 1995	12 W. Washington St.

See also

• List of Chicago Landmarks (the historic places listed as Chicago Landmarks are protected by city ordinance)
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cook County, Illinois
• List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in North Side Chicago
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in South Side Chicago
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in West Side Chicago

External links

• Chicago Listing on the National Register of Historic Places, August 5, 2011, City of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, Mayor.
• NPS Focus database, National Park Service.