The Marshall Field and Company Building occupies an entire city block in the Loop, recognizable by the massive seven-and-a-half-ton clocks that anchor its corners at State and Washington and State and Randolph. Designed in stages by Daniel…
Historic Loop Department Stores
This walk traces the rise of America's great retail empires along State Street, showcasing the grand architecture, glamorous window displays, and fierce rivalries that shaped modern consumer culture.
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1. Marshall Field and Company Building
2. 1 N State St
One North State Street is a large office building with a cream-colored facade and recessed horizontal windows framed in terra-cotta. Built in nineteen twelve, the structure was originally designed by the architectural firm Holabird and…
3. Sullivan Center
The Sullivan Center is recognizable by the dark, intricate cast-iron ornamentation that wraps around its ground-floor entrance at the corner of State and Madison Streets. Designed by architect Louis Sullivan and completed in eighteen…
4. Mallers Building
The Mallers Building, located at five South Wabash Avenue, stands out for its marble entryway that opens into a twenty-one-story tower dedicated to the jewelry trade. Completed in nineteen twelve, this structure serves as the primary hub…
5. Palmer House a Hilton Hotel
The Palmer House is defined by a two-story lobby featuring vaulted ceilings, garnet-draped chandeliers, and twenty-one frescoes by French painter Louis Pierre Rigal. This building is the third hotel to bear the name in Chicago. The…
6. 14 E Jackson Blvd
Fourteen East Jackson Boulevard, known today as the Richard M. and Maggie C. Daley Building, is defined by its ornate terra cotta facade and its pair of towers modeled after Florentine-Gothic campaniles. Completed in nineteen thirteen, the…
7. DePaul University - DePaul Center
The DePaul Center stands at the intersection of Jackson Boulevard and State Street as an eleven-story masonry building that serves as the anchor of DePaul University's downtown campus. Its facade reflects its origins as the flagship store…