Chapin and Gore Building
- Architect
- Richard E. Schmidt and Hugh M.G. Garden
- Year
- 1904
- Style
- Chicago School
- City
- Chicago, IL
- Collection
- the chicago school
The Chapin and Gore Building at 63 E. Adams was built in 1904 for the Chapin and Gore distilling company, designed by Richard E. Schmidt and Hugh M.G. Garden with a ground-floor bar and store beneath offices and warehouse space. Since 1997 it has been folded into the Symphony Center campus, attached to Orchestra Hall as the administrative home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with the Forte restaurant now on the ground floor.
the building
Terra cotta and brickwork. Schmidt and Garden dressed up an otherwise functional commercial plan with substantial terra cotta and brickwork ornament, though the building's original ornamental capitals and cornice were removed in the 1950s.
the style
The building follows the Chicago School approach to commercial design: a straightforward plan for retail, offices, and warehouse space, given street presence through applied terra cotta and brick ornament rather than pure utilitarian massing.
More on Chicago Schoolsignificance
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 and designated a Chicago Landmark (L-64) on January 21, 1982. In 1997 it was attached to Orchestra Hall as part of the Symphony Center campus and now serves as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's administrative offices.
nearby
- McClurg Building
- Symphony Center
- Peoples Gas Building
- Railway Exchange Building
- Municipal Courts Building
- Palmer House Hotel