The Rookery

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The Rookery is a historic Chicago office building renowned for its pioneering commercial architecture and its redesigned light court by Frank Lloyd Wright.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chicago Landmark ⓘ
commercial building ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
office building ⓘ
skyscraper ⓘ
addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1970 ⓘ
address 209 South LaSalle Street ⓘ
architect Daniel H. Burnham ⓘ
linked to: Daniel Burnham

John Wellborn Root ⓘ
architecturalStyle Chicago School ⓘ
Queen Anne ⓘ
Romanesque Revival ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Romanesque
builtFor Central Safety Deposit Company ⓘ
constructionStartYear 1886 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designatedChicagoLandmark 1972 ⓘ
floorPlanType courtyard building ⓘ
function office space ⓘ
hasAtrium central light court ⓘ
hasFeature glass and iron light well ceiling ⓘ
grand staircase ⓘ
ornamental ironwork ⓘ
hasLobby ornate marble and iron lobby ⓘ
hasPart light court ⓘ
hasRenovation Frank Lloyd Wright light court remodeling 1905–1907 ⓘ
restoration by McClier and Daprato Rigali Studios 1989–1992 ⓘ
height approximately 181 feet ⓘ
interiorDesigner Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ
lightCourtRedesignedBy Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ
location Chicago ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
United States ⓘ
material brown brick ⓘ
iron frame ⓘ
load-bearing masonry ⓘ
red granite ⓘ
namedAfter rooks (crows) that nested in the previous City Hall building on the site ⓘ
neighborhood Chicago Loop ⓘ
notableFor early steel-frame structural system ⓘ
innovative light court design ⓘ
pioneering commercial architecture ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 70000233 ⓘ
owner The Rookery Building LLC ⓘ
stories 12 ⓘ
structuralSystem iron framing with masonry bearing walls ⓘ
yearCompleted 1888 ⓘ

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