Fort Dearborn Hotel
- Architect
- Holabird & Root
- Style
- Renaissance Revival
- City
- Chicago, IL
The Fort Dearborn Hotel at 401 S. LaSalle St. was designed by Holabird & Roche and completed in 1914 as a 17-story hotel for businessmen, sited near LaSalle Street Station and the LaSalle/Van Buren L stop. It was owned by the Hotel Sherman Co., which ran it as a lower-priced, practical counterpart to its luxury Hotel Sherman next door.
the building
The lobby murals. The lobby holds two murals by local artist Edgar Cameron depicting scenes of Fort Dearborn, the building's namesake.
the style
Built in the Venetian Renaissance style, the hotel is faced in gray and reddish-brown brick with terra cotta ornamentation.
More on Renaissance Revivalthe architect
Holabird & Roche were a prominent Chicago firm; the Fort Dearborn Hotel was one of their hotel commissions during a boom in Chicago hotel construction.
significance
The Fort Dearborn Hotel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It later became an office building known as the LaSalle Atrium Building.
nearby
- Metropolitan Correctional Center Chicago building
- Chicago Board of Trade Building
- Phenix Building
- Old Colony Building
- Fisher Building
- Manhattan Building