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300 West Adams Street Office Building 35 East Wacker Drive Building Biograph Theater Brooks Building Bryn Mawr-Belle Shore Apartment Hotels Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building Chicago Building Chicago Theater Congress Theater Continental and Commercial Bank Building Fisher Building Gage Group Goldblatt Bros. Department Store Harris and Selwyn Theaters Heyworth Building Krause Music Store Laramie State Bank Building London Guarantee Building Ludington Building Marquette Building Mather Tower Medinah Temple Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalog House Old Dearborn Bank Building On Leong Merchants Association Building Pittsfield Building Reebie Storage Warehouse Reliance Building Roanoke Building and Tower Steuben Club Building Uptown Theatre Veseman Building Yondorf Block and Hall

Terra Cotta Tour

As a material, terra cotta (unglazed fired clay) saw its first appearance in the late 1800s. "The Chicago School" of designers embraced the material and many of these landmarks display the defining characteristics of terra cotta use  intricate ornamentation.


1. 300 West Adams Street Office Building
2. 35 East Wacker Drive Building
3. Biograph Theater
4. Brooks Building
5. Bryn Mawr-Belle Shore Apartment Hotels
6. Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building
7. Chicago Building
8. Chicago Theater
9. Congress Theater
10. Continental and Commercial Bank Building
11. Fisher Building
12. Gage Group
13. Goldblatt Bros. Department Store
14. Harris and Selwyn Theaters
15. Heyworth Building
16. Krause Music Store
17. Laramie State Bank Building
18. London Guarantee Building
19. Ludington Building
20. Marquette Building
21. Mather Tower
22. Medinah Temple
23. Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalog House
24. Old Dearborn Bank Building
25. On Leong Merchants Association Building
26. Pittsfield Building
27. Reebie Storage Warehouse
28. Reliance Building
29. Roanoke Building and Tower
30. Steuben Club Building
31. Uptown Theatre
32. Veseman Building
33. Yondorf Block and Hall
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