33 E Congress Building (Chicago, Illinois)
USA /
Illinois /
Chicago /
Chicago, Illinois /
East Ida B. Wells Drive, 33
World
/ USA
/ Illinois
/ Chicago
World / United States / Illinois
administrative building, classrooms, radio station, college / department of journalism
Built in 1925-26 by noted Chicago architect, Alfred S. Alschuler, who designed the 1927 Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The seven-story brick and terra cotta “Congress-Wabash Building” was commissioned by Ferdinand W. Peck, Jr., a real estate developer, and initially housed a bank, offices, and recreation rooms that included dozens of pool tables. A national billiards championship was held here in 1938. By the 1940s, the building was known by the name of its major tenant, the Congress Bank. In the 1980s it became the home of MacCormac College. Columbia leased space in the building starting in 1997 and purchased the structure in 1999. Columbia College administrative offices, classroom space, radio station and Journalism Department.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_College_Chicago#Congress_Campus
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Coordinates: 41°52'31"N 87°37'35"W
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