Address: 430 S. Michigan Ave. Year Built: 1886-90 Architect: Adler & Sullivan Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: September 15, 1976

The extraordinary engineering talent of Dankmar Adler and the architectural genius of Louis H. Sullivan created this building to reflect the cultural maturity of Chicago. Combining hotel and office space with a splendid theater designed for an opera company, the Auditorium was a turning point in Sullivan's career and a milestone in the development of modern architecture.

Sullivan's genius for architectural ornamentation is displayed in the building's interior, where most of the public rooms are lavishly finished. The grandest interior space is the theater itself, with four broad elliptical arches spanning the width of the theater and decorated by plaster reliefs covered with gold leaf.

Louis Sullivan
Early Skyscrapers Great Interiors Music & Art The Loop Boul Mich
1.	View of Auditorium, 1889
2.	Interior view of Auditorium Theater
3.	Detail of Door Grill, 1960 by Paul Hassel