Warwick Allerton Hotel Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)

 store / shop, hotel, landmark

Originally opened in 1924 to a design by Murgatroyd & Ogden, this 25-floor hotel was one of the first skyscrapers on the Magnificent Mile. There used to be a lounge on the top floor called the Tip Top Tap. Although the lounge closed in the 1960's, the large red sign of the building remains. The Allerton is 360 feet tall.

The Allerton represents a rare Chicago example of the North Italian Renaissance, a style of architecture that includes decorative brickwork, carved stone details, and a picturesque roofline evocative of buildings constructed in northern Italy during the 14th and 15th centuries. The 25-story structure was the city's first highrise to be built with pronounced setbacks and towers, features that were being encouraged by new municipal zoning laws. Built by the Allerton House Company, a national chain of "club hotels" that provided young professionals with the service of a hotel and the sociability of a private club, the Allerton helped bolster the redevelopment of North Michigan Avenue into a chic boulevard of exclusive shops, clubs, offices, and hotels.

Nine West Shoes and Brooks Brothers stores at street level.

usmodernist.org/TARCH/ARCH-1927-12.pdf

701 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 440-1500
warwickhotels.com/allerton-hotel-chicago