Trustees System Service Building
- Architect
- Thielbard & Fugard w/ Eugene&Gwen Lux,Edgar Miller
- Year
- 1929
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Chicago, IL
- Collection
- chicago deco
The Trustees System Service Building at 201 N Wells St went up in 1929 in the Art Deco style, designed by Thielbard & Fugard with decorative work by Edgar Miller and Eugene and Gwen Lux. It stands as both a Chicago Landmark and a National Register listing in the Loop.
the building
Edgar Miller decoration. The building's ornamental program was a collaboration with Edgar Miller alongside Eugene and Gwen Lux, giving this Art Deco office building decorative work distinct from its Loop neighbors.
the style
The building is an Art Deco design, part of the wave of geometric, ornament-forward Loop towers built just before the Depression.
More on Art Decosignificance
The Trustees System Service Building is a Chicago Landmark, designated January 14, 2004, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Randolph Tower
- Lake-Franklin Group
- LaSalle-Wacker Building
- James R. Thompson Center
- 151 North Franklin
- Illinois Bell Building