Chapin and Gore Building

Chapin and Gore Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Chicago Landmark
Location:	Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates:	41°52′45.45″N 87°37′31.29″W / 41.8792917°N 87.6253583°W / 41.8792917; -87.6253583Coordinates: 41°52′45.45″N 87°37′31.29″W / 41.8792917°N 87.6253583°W / 41.8792917; -87.6253583
Built:	1904
Architect:	Schimdt,Richard Ernest
Architectural style:	Chicago
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	79000823 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP:	June 27, 1979
Designated CL:	January 21, 1982

The Chapin and Gore Building, at 63 East Adams Street, was commissioned by Chapin and Gore, a liquor distilling firm, to combine warehouse and office spaces with a street level retail store and bar. Built in 1904 by one of the most progressive architectural firms of the early 20th century, architects Hugh M. G. Garden and Richard Schmidt demonstrated the aesthetic possibilities of a functional building through exterior expression of interior functions, fine brickwork, and decorative terra cotta. The building's ornamental capitals and cornice were removed in the 1950s. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 27, 1979 and later designated as a Chicago Landmark on January 21, 1982.

The Chapin and Gore Building is currently the home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra administration. It is part of the Symphony Center campus, attached in 1997 to Orchestra Hall. The Rhapsody Restaurant is on the ground floor, serving orchestra patrons and the public.

See also

• Chicago Landmark

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 

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