Category: Tour Galleries

History Of Graceland Cemetery William LeBaron Jenney – Father Of Skyscrapers Dexter Graves – One Of The First Chicagoans John Wellborn Root – Burnham & Root Peter Schoenhofen – Brewer George Pullman – Pullman Palace Car Co. Ryerson Family Mausoleum William Kimball – Kimball Pianos Louis Sullivan – Adler & Sullivan William Goodman – Goodman Theater Potter & Bertha Palmer

Jean Baptiste Point duSable Bust of Jean Baptiste Point duSable, Chicago’s first non-indigenous settler (late 1700s) and credited with having founded Chicago. Jean Baptiste Point duSable’s homestead – located right where the Apple Store is in Pioneer Court! Harold Hansen Mansion Eugene Field History Of Workers Cottages History Of N. Crilly Court Napoleon Bonaparte A Chicago Farmstead in 1832 Crilly

Meet Your Guide: Ronnie Frey of @doorwaysofchicago 1-Tree Studio Building Tree Studio Building was designed in 1894 as artists’ residences and has been home to over 500 artists. Some of the great artists which have called the Tree Studios home include sculptor Albin Polasek, illustrator James Allen St. John; muralist John Warner Norton, painters Ruth Van Sickle Ford and John

Brief History Of Wicker Park Wicker Park feels frozen in time. Packed with Victorian homes—cottages to mansions. Settled by Germans and Scandinavians, rich and poor. On the tour you’ll see stained glass, carved doors, gazebos, and gingerbread porches. In 1871, it was still open prairie. Great Fire did 2 things: Pyrophobia – Homes were brick and stone with metal details—no

1. Art Deco History Art Deco Style World War 1 New Technologies King Tut’s Tomb Discovered In 1922 Art Deco Motifs Cubism and Bauhaus Movements Bank Buildings In America 2. Chicago Board Of Trade 3. Field Building – 135 S. La Salle St. 4. One North LaSalle Building Transportation Panel  5. Chicago Temple Seats approx. 30 people Deco/Mayan ceiling patterns

Fine Arts Building Previously the Studebaker Carriage Co. Manufacturing and showroom building. Converted into the Fine Arts Building – opened 1898 Studebaker Carriage Co Building Opened 1885 Architect Solon Beman – Romanesque Style Vertical Assembly Line Design Turrets/Towers Flags like Medieval Castles Hooded Rooflines Masculine Rough Cut Stones Fat/Squatty Columns Lots Of Arches Notice Auditorium Theatre not built to the

Photo 1 – Horsedrawn Hacks Photo 2 – Poster For 8-Hour Workday Photo 3 – Haymarket Riot Photo 4 – Pullman Strike Destruction Photo 5 – Pullman Strike Destruction Photo 6 – First Labor Day Parade Poster Photo 7 – What Chicago looked like around 1870. Photo 8 – Brick Cottage Ad Photo 9 – Wood Cottage Ad 1236 N.

Stop 1 Exterior Details – Studebaker Carriage Company Michigan Avenue Location Transition to the Fine Arts Building 1. Carriage Advertisement – The Driveway Series, Lake Shore Drive Edition 2. Studebaker Carriage Building 1887 3. Fine Arts Building 1898 4. Studebaker Starlight Coupe Stop 2 Lobby 5. 1852 poem titled “L’Art” by the French poet Théophile Gautier Stop 3. Studebaker Theater