Trustees System Service Building

Infobox_nrhp | name =Trustees System Service Building
nrhp_type =


caption =
location= Chicago, Illinois
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 53
lat_seconds = 9.61
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 87
long_minutes = 38
long_seconds = 1.03
long_direction = W
locmapin = Illinois
area =
built =1930
architect= Thielbar, Frederick J.; Fugard John Reed
architecture= Skyscraper, Art Deco
added = September 03, 1998
governing_body = Private
refnum=98001132cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] Formerly known as Trustees System Service Building, the now Century Tower Condominiums is located at 182 West Lake Street in loop in Chicago, Illinois.

Construction

The building was first built in 1929 and has had a long list of various countries' embassies as tenants.

At the time of its completion, this was the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world.

The property was converted from a commercial building to apartments in 2003.

In August, 2004 the building was used to film scenes from the movie "Batman Begins".

In September, 2005 the building became a condominium and its name changed to Century Tower.

However as of September 2006, the apartments are now being sold as condominiums.

Former tenants

The building was once home to:
* WIND (AM) radio.
* WJJD (AM) radio.
* the Belgian consulate.
* the Chinese consulate.
* the Cuban consulate.
* the Dominican consulate.
* the Grecian consulate.
* the Honduran consulate.
* the Hungarian consulate.
* the Italian consulate.
* the Mexican consulate.

The red marble used in the lobby is from an ancient Roman quarry in the city of Oran, Algeria.

The builidng is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

References

External links

* [http://www.nr.nps.gov/iwisapi/explorer.dll/x2_3anr4_3aNRIS97/script/report.iws?IWS_ROWS=1%0A60%0A&IWS_REFRESH=1&IWS_REPORT=100000001&IWS_DATA=3&IWS_WINDOW=IWS1168127846&IWS_SRVLOC=1119f14061a9 Listing at National Register of Historic Places]