Buildings – past and present, extant and non-extant – known to have been used by
Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago), 1940 - 2010
Building Name
Alpha Epsilon Pi
Year of
Construction
1960
Designed By
Mittelbusher and
Tourtelot
Alpha Sigma
Alpha
1960
Mittelbusher and
Tourtelot
Alpha Sigma Phi
1960
Alumni Memorial
Hall
1946
Harry Weese;
William
Goodman,
consulting
engineer
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
Arcade Building
1920s
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Unknown
Location
Historic Use
by IIT
Current Use
Year
Razed
3350 S.
Wabash
Ave.,
Chicago
3340 S.
Wabash
Ave.,
Chicago
3361 S.
Wabash
Ave.,
Chicago
Residential
Fraternity house
N/A
Open to
the
public?
No
Residential
Sorority house
N/A
No
Residential
Fraternity house
N/A
No
3201 S.
Dearborn
St., Chicago
Academic
Academic
N/A
Yes
35th & State
Sts.,
Chicago
Research and
administration
Non-extant
1962
N/A
Notes
 Located in “The Quad,” a group of nine buildings built for the IIT fraternities 19581960
 Built as Alpha Epsilon Pi (?) fraternity house
 Located in “The Quad,” a group of nine buildings built for the IIT fraternities 19581960
 Built as Theta Xi (?) fraternity house
 One of IIT’s three sorority communities
 Located in “The Quad,” a group of nine buildings built for the IIT fraternities 19581960
 Built as Alpha Sigma Ph (?) fraternity house
 First academic (i.e., classroom) building designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to
be built on the IIT campus
 Originally identified as “Navy Building,” it was designed to house the Naval ROTC
program
 The double-height armory space was converted to other uses in 1972, and # ? bays
were divided into two floors
 Dedicated as Alumni Memorial Hall in 1946 to the memory of IIT’s alumni and
students who were killed in action during World War II
 Currently (2009) houses the Department of Civil Engineering, Industrial Waste
Elimination Research Center, Pritzker Department of Environmental Engineering
offices and classrooms.
 Built by African-American entrepreneur Jesse Binga in the 1920s
 Original use: commercial; served as an anchor for Bronzeville businesses
 At five stories and he tallest building in the area, it was the neighborhood’s
“skyscraper.”
 Together with the Binga Bank next to it, it was purchased by Armour Research
Foundation and IIT in 1952
 Housed Armour Research Foundation administrative offices, 1952 – ca. 1962
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Building Name
Year of
Construction
1888
Patten & Fisher
Armour
Ave.
(previously
known as
Butterfield
St. and now
known as
Federal St.)
and 34th St.,
Chicago
Academic
Non-extant
Portions
razed in
1917
and
1919.
Final
portions
razed in
1986.
Armour Institute
Laboratory
1901
Patten & Fisher
3240 S.
Federal St,
Chicago
Maintenance
Maintenance;
laboratory
N/A
The
building is
generally
not open
unless it is
in use for
some
program.
Armour Mission
1886
Burnham & Root
Auditorium;
student union
Non-extant
1962
N/A
Armour Research
Building
Information
not available
Unknown
33rd &
Butterfield
(now
Federal)
Sts.,
Chicago
35 W. 33rd
St., Chicago
Research and
Administrative
Non-extant
Armour Research
Information
Unknown
Armour Flats
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Designed By
Location
Historic Use
by IIT
Current Use
Non Extant
Year
Razed
Open to
the
public?
N/A
N/A
1957
N/A
Notes
 Built by Philip Danforth Armour, Sr. as rental to the Armour meatpacking company
employees (and later faculty of the Armour Institute) to provide financial support
for Armour Mission.
 Surrounded the block on which Armour Mission stood.
 Originally held 213 separate suites of apartments.
 The office of Armour Flats was at 3322 Armour Ave. (previously, Butterfield St.;
currently, Federal St.)
 Portions of the buildings were razed by P. D. Armour in 1917
 56 units on the west side of Federal St. and 18 units on 34th St. were razed in 1919
 Sections of the Flats that were left (around 63) were used by Armour Institute and
IIT as classrooms, lab, and office space for physics and psychology programs, and
identified as Chapin Hall
 Portions used by AIT and IIT, 1909 – 1986
 Third building to be constructed as part of the Armour Institute of Technology
complex. Opened in 1917 as an internal combustion laboratory.
 Housed the school’s academic engineering laboratories
 Other names include: AIT Laboratory; Maintenance Garage; Carpenter Shop
 Concrete block walls later added to inside of building.
 Later served as a garage, storage. and ROTC shooting range.
 Currently (2009) used by IIT where it houses the student organization Society for
Automotive Engineers, and is used by the Facilities Department
 The Armour Mission building was built by Philip D. Armour to house a church
congregation and social service organizations which provided spiritual, educational
and recreational programs.
 Later used by Armour Institute and IIT variously as an auditorium, a lecture hall, the
student union, and a faculty club
 Armour Research Foundation (AKA Armour Research Foundation of Armour
Institute of Technology) was founded 1936. In 1945, the name was changed to
Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology. The name was
later changed to IIT Research Institute in 1963.
 Uncertain which historic building is being referenced; the building name may refer
to part of the original Armour Mission/Armour Flats complex if 33 rd St. address is
correct.
 Alternate names of Armour Research Foundation Laboratory and Armour Research
Foundation Laboratory and Administration Building may refer to same building or
may refer to a different historic commercial building on State St.
 Location uncertain; may have been part of the original Armour Flats.
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Building Name
Foundation
Magnetic
Recording Lab
Art Institute of
Chicago Building
Year of
Construction
not available
Designed By
Historic Use
by IIT
Current Use
Year
Razed
Open to
the
public?
Notes
 AKA Field House Beanery
Michigan
Ave. &
Adams St.,
Chicago
(not on IIT
campus)
3040 S.
Wabash
Ave.,
Chicago
Academic
Art museum; not
associated with IIT
N/A
N/A
 Built as a museum and art school ca. 1890
 Through a joint arrangement of the two organizations, it housed classroom space
and offices for Armour Institute of Technology and Illinois Institute of Technology
architecture department, 1893 – ca. 1945.
 Location of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s academic office 1938 – 1945
Athletic
facility
Athletic facility
N/A
 Built as IIT athletic building, including an indoor pool.
 Named for Arthur Keating, Armour alumnus and IIT Trustee
 Funding sources include Arthur Keating, the Arthur Keating Foundation, and the
Ekco Foundation.
Schmidt, Garden
& Erikson
3120 S.
Federal St.,
Chicago
Research
Rental property
leased to Chicago
Transit Authority
N/A
Access to
interior
beyond the
lobby area
is
restricted.
No
1950
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
3140 S.
Federal St.
(32nd and
Federal),
Chicago
Administration
and research
Rental facility
leased to Vander
Cook College of
Music
N/A
See Vander
Cook
College of
Music
 Built as part of the Association of American Railroads [AAR] complex.
 Also called the Research Building (and AAR Technical Center ?)
 1996 to present (2009) houses Vander Cook College of Music
1953
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
3100 S.
Federal St.,
Chicago
Research
Rental facility
leased to Chicago
Transit Authority
N/A
No
 Part of the Association of American Railroads [AAR] Complex
 Currently leased by the Chicago Transit Authority, which uses them for instruction
of trainees in safety measures and repair of transit vehicles
 A small building along 31st St. by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe houses a compressor
1956
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
3120 S.
Dearborn
Ave.,
Chicago
Research
Rental facility
leased to Chicago
Transit Authority
N/A
No
 Built as part of Association of American Railroads [AAR] complex
 A free standing small building to the northwest designed by Ludwig Mies van der
Rohe as an explosion proof storage building
 In 1960 a tower was added to the building at the north
 Currently leased by the Chicago Transit Authority, which uses them for instruction
of trainees in safety measures and repair of transit vehicle
1893
Shepley, Rutan
& Coolidge
Arthur Keating
Hall
1968
Myron
Goldsmith
/SOM
Association of
American
Railroads [AAR] –
Laboratory
Building
(Addition)
Association of
American
Railroads [AAR]
Building 1 –
Administration /
Technical Center
Association of
American
Railroads [AAR]
Building 2 Mechanical
Engineering
Association of
American
Railroads [AAR]
Building 3 –
Laboratory
Building
1960
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 Part of Association of American Railroads [AAR] Complex
 The addition to the north of the original building includes the tower
 1st section, identified as Building 3 elsewhere in this document, was built in 1956
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Building Name
Automotive
Laboratory
Bailey Hall
Apartments
Year of
Construction
1917 (?)
Designed By
Location
Historic Use
by IIT
Unknown
Current Use
Year
Razed
N/A
Open to
the
public?
N/A
Notes
 May be the building at 3240 S. Federal St.
1955
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
3101 S.
Wabash
Ave.,
Chicago
Residential
Residential
N/A
Access to
interior
beyond the
lobby area
is
restricted.




Binga Bank
1920s
Unknown
3452 S.
State St.,
Chicago
Administration
Non-extant
ca. 1962
N/A
Bog, The
1894
Unknown
3241 S.
Federal St.,
Chicago
Athletics
Non-extant
Closed
in 1960
N/A
Boiler Plant and
Steam Generating
Plant
1950
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
3430 S.
Federal St.,
Chicago
Maintenance
Maintenance
N/A
No
Buildings and
Grounds Storage
Building
Carman Hall
Apartments
1893
Patten & Fisher
Maintenance
Maintenance
N/A
No
1953
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
3322 S.
Federal St.,
Chicago
60 E. 32nd
St., Chicago
Residential
Residential
N/A
Access to
interior
beyond the
lobby area
is
restricted.
 Built by Jesse Binga in the 1920s to house the Binga Bank (its second (?) location)
 Together with the Arcade Building next to it, the bank building was purchased by
Armour Research Foundation and IIT in 1952.
 Housed Armour Research Foundation administrative offices, 1952 – ca. 1962
 IIT’s Tower building at 35th and State Sts. now stands on the site
 AKA Ogden Field
 A plot of land, originally surrounded by an iron fence, was set aside by J. Ogden
Armour to become the recreation field for Armour Institute of Technology
 The iron fence was donated to the World War II metals collection project
 The athletic field was nicknamed “The Bog” because of its rain soaked condition
with the slightest rainfall
 The site is now occupied by Hermann Hall which houses The Bog, the campus pub
and recreation center
 Built in two stages: 1945-50 – 5 south bays; 1964 – 6 bays added to the north.
 Complex includes a test cell for gas pumping at Federal and 35 th St. and oil booster
pump and metering plant (south of chimney)
 Wall along Federal St. formed a coal storage yard to the north
 A small building to the south of Main Building, formerly the heating plant for Main
Building
 Chimneys have been removed and new windows have been installed.
 Named for George Noble Carman, founding director of Lewis Institute
 Second campus “apartment building” intended for staff, faculty and married student
housing.
Fourth apartment building on campus.
Named for Alex D. Bailey, Lewis Institute alumnus and Trustee; also an IIT Trustee
Built as an apartment building for IIT faculty and married students
Dedicated on November 3, 1955
Carr Chapel
See Robert F. Carr
Chapel
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Building Name
Central Electrical
Vault
Chapin Hall
Year of
Construction
1946
1888
Designed By
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
Patten & Fisher
Location
Historic Use
by IIT
Current Use
Year
Razed
Maintenance
Maintenance
N/A
Open to
the
public?
No
East side of
Federal St.
between 33rd
and 34th Sts.,
Chicago
Academic;
Administration
Non-extant
1968
N/A
Notes
 The building complies with the campus module, but is notable for its brick wallbearing construction.
 Built as part of Armour Flats. After Armour Flats were demolished, 63 units were
left on Federal St. to the south of the Armour Mission building.
 They were renovated in 1937 for use by Armour Institute of Technology and named
Chapin Hall for Simeon B. Chapin, an AIT trustee
 Housed the engineering societies, a large drafting room, offices of the Fulcrum,
Armour Engineer, and Integral (campus publications), and Board of Athletic
Council
 Stretched over 5 floors with separate stairwells, it was necessary to go down to
ground level, cross over, and go up again to reach upper level floors.
 The Hall was also used by IIT until 1968, housing the psychology (and other?)
departments and faculty offices
 It also housed the “Experimental Stress Analysis Laboratory” in Room 332.
 Built as the Armour Research Foundation Chemistry Research Building
 Dedicated on May 10, 1949
 Later used by IIT Research Institute for Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life
Sciences Research; currently (as of 2009), the building is part of IIT’s University
Technology Park
 Other names include: IITRI Chemistry Research; Technology Business Center I
Chemistry
Research Building
1961
Schmidt, Garden
& Erikson
3440 S.
Dearborn
St., Chicago
Research
Rental property
leased to researchbased companies
N/A
Access to
interior
beyond the
lobby area
is
restricted.
Chicago Historical
Society Building
1892
Henry Ives Cobb
Academic
Excalibur
nightclub; not
associated with IIT
N/A
N/A
 Built for Chicago Historical Society; housed the Society’s collections until 1931
 Housed the Institute of Design 1946 – 1956
Chicago Kent
College of Law
Information
not available
Unknown
632 N.
Dearborn
St.,
Dearborn at
Ontario Sts.,
Chicago
(Not on IIT
campus.)
10 N.
Franklin St.,
Chicago
(Not on IIT
campus.)
Academic
Non-extant ?
????
N/A
 Chicago-Kent’s first location was in the Athenaeum Building at 18-26 Van Buren
St.
 In 1912 it moved to the Lakeview Building at 116 S. Michigan Avenue.
 In 1924 it took over its own six-story building at 10 North Franklin Street.
 It occupied the building as 77 S. Wacker Dr. ca. 1975-1991.
 Moved to 565 W. Adams Street, a building built by IIT for the law school, in 1992,
the building later to be known as IIT’s Downtown Campus.
 Auxiliary space rented by Chicago-Kent over the years included the following
locations: 130 N. Wells St; Wells and Randolph; Wells and Madison; 1 S. Wacker.
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Building Name
Chicago Kent
College of Law
Year of
Construction
Information
not available
Chicago Kent
College of Law
Unknown
116 S.
Michigan
Ave.,
Chicago
Academic
Non-extant ?
????
Open to
the
public?
N/A
Information
not available
Unknown
18-26 Van
Buren St.,
Chicago
Academic
Non-extant ?
????
N/A
Chicago Kent
College of Law
Information
not available
Unknown
77 S.
Wacker Dr.,
Chicago
Academic
Non-extant ?
????
N/A
Chicago Kent
College of Law
1992
Gerald
Horn/Holabird &
Root
565 W.
Adams
Street,
Chicago,
(Adams at
Jackson)
(IIT’s
downtown
campus)
Academic
IIT’s Downtown
Campus housing
Chicago-Kent
College of Law and
Stuart School of
Business
N/A
See
Downtown
Campus
Civil Engineering
Building
Information
not available
Unknown
3420 S.
Federal St..
Academic
Non-extant
????
N/A
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Designed By
Location
Historic Use
by IIT
Current Use
Year
Razed
Notes
 Chicago-Kent’s first location was in the Athenaeum Building at 18-26 Van Buren
St.
 In 1912 it moved to the Lakeview Building at 116 S. Michigan Avenue.
 In 1924 it took over its own six-story building at 10 North Franklin Street.
 It occupied the building as 77 S. Wacker Dr. ca. 1975-1991.
 Moved to 565 W. Adams Street, a building built by IIT for the law school, in 1992,
the building later to be known as IIT’s Downtown Campus.
 Auxiliary space rented by Chicago-Kent over the years included the following
locations: 130 N. Wells St; Wells and Randolph; Wells and Madison; 1 S. Wacker.
 Chicago-Kent’s first location was in the Athenaeum Building at 18-26 Van Buren
St.
 In 1912 it moved to the Lakeview Building at 116 S. Michigan Avenue.
 In 1924 it took over its own six-story building at 10 North Franklin Street.
 It occupied the building as 77 S. Wacker Dr. ca. 1975-1991.
 Moved to 565 W. Adams Street, a building built by IIT for the law school, in 1992,
the building later to be known as IIT’s Downtown Campus.
 Auxiliary space rented by Chicago-Kent over the years included the following
locations: 130 N. Wells St; Wells and Randolph; Wells and Madison; 1 S. Wacker.
 Chicago-Kent’s first location was in the Athenaeum Building at 18-26 Van Buren
St.
 In 1912 it moved to the Lakeview Building at 116 S. Michigan Avenue.
 In 1924 it took over its own six-story building at 10 North Franklin Street.
 It occupied the building as 77 S. Wacker Dr. ca. 1975-1991.
 Moved to 565 W. Adams Street, a building built by IIT for the law school, in 1992,
the building later to be known as IIT’s Downtown Campus.
 Auxiliary space rented by Chicago-Kent over the years included the following
locations: 130 N. Wells St; Wells and Randolph; Wells and Madison; 1 S. Wacker.
 Chicago-Kent’s first location was in the Athenaeum Building at 18-26 Van Buren
St.
 In 1912 it moved to the Lakeview Building at 116 S. Michigan Avenue.
 In 1924 it took over its own six-story building at 10 North Franklin Street.
 It occupied the building as 77 S. Wacker Dr. ca. 1975-1991.
 Moved to 565 W. Adams Street, a building built by IIT for the law school, in 1992,
the building later to be known as IIT’s Downtown Campus.
 Auxiliary space rented by Chicago-Kent over the years included the following
locations: 130 N. Wells St; Wells and Randolph; Wells and Madison; 1 S. Wacker.
 Location of laboratory facilities of the Department of Civil Engineering prior to the
department’s move into Alumni Memorial Hall.
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Building Name
Year of
Construction
Designed By
Location
Chicago
3400 (?) S.
Federal St.,
Chicago
Cogeneration Plant
1991
National Energy
Systems
Commons
Building
1954
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
Crown Hall
See S. R. Crown
Hall
Crystal Lake
Property
Information
not available
Cudahy Residence
1886
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Historic Use
by IIT
Current Use
Year
Razed
Open to
the
public?
Maintenance
Heating plant
N/A
No
3200 S.
Wabash
Ave.,
Chicago
Dining
Dining
hall/cafeteria
N/A
The
building is
generally
open during
the day
when
school is in
session.
Campus
visitors are
welcome to
enter the
building
through
MTCC and
can
purchase a
meal.
Unknown
Crystal
Lake,
Illinois
Academic;
Research
No longer
owned/used by IIT
????
N/A
Burling &
Whitehouse
3254 S.
Michigan
Ave.,
Residential
Non-extant
????
N/A
Notes
 A $10 million electrical plant whose steam would heat the IIT campus. Houses a
steam turbine generator fuelled by natural gas which generates 9 MW of electricity.
 Designed, built, operated and maintained by Lombard-based National Energy
Systems, a subsidiary of the Marmon Group.
 This new plant like the old boiler plant can be converted to fuel oil if gas is cut off.
The old boiler was (is?) available as a back up.
 Dedicated in March 1991.
 Built as the campus cafeteria.
 Also housed various retail businesses over the years, including the following:
campus bookstore; valet shop; barber shop; post office; 7-Eleven grocery store
(1985-2003); dry cleaners (1985-1991); pizzeria; automatic banking facility,
 Basement originally housed recreation and meeting rooms and a bowling alley.
Later housed campus offices including Public Relations, Pre-University and
Minority Programs, housing office, and the Newman Center.
 The building was renovated in 2002. All retail activities and university offices were
removed, and the building was returned to its original use as the campus’s primary
dining facility for students, employees, and visitors. Campus catering services and
food preparation activities occupy the basement level.
 A new entrance at the south-east corner was created in 2002 to allow direct
entrance into McCormick Tribune Campus Center.
 Formerly, the Pure Oil Co. facility, 107 acres with six buildings.
 Gift to IIT, from Union Oil Company of California June 1967. IIT sold the
property ca. April 1979.
 The property was used for educational and research activities.
 Evening courses in business administration, information science, engineering and
sciences and city and regional planning were offered during the fall 1970-71
semesters.
 Built as a private residence Victorian mansion, it had (at some point) 40 rooms.
 Between 1919 and 1928, the Chicago Motor Club occupied the home.
 Used by AIT and IIT to house students, 1939 – 1961
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Building Name
Year of
Construction
Designed By
Location
Historic Use
by IIT
Current Use
Year
Razed
Open to
the
public?
Chicago
Notes
 Other names include: Graduate House; Brown Hall; Quarters 1 (during WW-II).
 During WWII, it housed Navy V-12 students.
 Third apartment building to be built on campus to house IIT faculty and staff, and
married students.
 Named in honor of James D. Cunningham, AIT and IIT trustee.
 Dedicated on November 3, 1955.
Cunningham Hall
Apartments
1955
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
3100 S.
Michigan
Ave.,
Chicago
Residential
Residential
N/A
Delta Kappa
Sigma
Information
not available
Unknown
Residential
Non-extant
????
Delta Tau Delta
1960
Alfred J. Mell Mell & Fox
Associates
Residential
Fraternity house
N/A
No
Downtown
Campus
1992
Gerald
Horn/Holabird &
Root
Academic;
Administration
Yes
1992
Gerald
Horn/Holabird &
Root
IIT’s Downtown
Campus housing
Chicago-Kent
College of Law and
Stuart School of
Business
Library located in
IIT’s Downtown
Campus
N/A
Downtown
Campus Library
N/A
See
Downtown
Campus
 Serving Chicago-Kent College of Law and Stuart School of Business
Downtown Center
Information
not available
Unknown
3240 S.
Michigan
Ave.,
Chicago
3349 S.
Wabash
Ave.,
Chicago
565 W.
Adams,
Chicago
(IIT’s
downtown
campus)
565 W.
Adams
Street,
Chicago
(IIT’s
downtown
campus)
18 S.
Michigan
Ave.,
Chicago
Access to
interior
beyond the
lobby area
is
restricted.
N/A
Academic
No longer used by
IIT
????
N/A
Downtown Center
Information
not available
Unknown
????
N/A
1963
Mittelbusher &
Chicago-Kent
College of
Law
Residential
No longer used by
IIT
East Hall
77 So.
Wacker Dr.,
Chicago
3241 S.
Residential
N/A
No
 Opened September 24, 1945.
 Housed the Department of Home Economics (relocated from the Lewis Campus)
and the Department of Architecture (relocated from the Art Institute of Chicago
building)
 Also offered graduate and undergraduate evening courses; also Russian and Dutch
classes taught there
 The term “downtown center” was used ca. the late 1980s to identify this property in
the Chicago Loop owned by IIT and sold in anticipation of constructing the new
building at 565 W. Adams which later became known as the “Downtown Campus.”
 Built as a dormitory, this is one of the six residence halls on the campus.
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 Phi Kappa Sigma house ca. 1928
 Previously, Delta Tau Delta’s 2nd house (ca. 1919)
 May have been an Armour family residence originally.
 Located in “The Quad,” a group of nine buildings built for the IIT fraternities 19581960.
 Built as Delta Tau Delta (?) fraternity house
 10 storey building built by IIT (opened 1992) for Chicago-Kent College of Law.
 Later known as IIT’s Downtown Campus when Stuart School of Business was
relocated there from main campus in 1994.
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Building Name
Year of
Construction
Designed By
Location
Tourtelot
Wabash
Ave.,
Chicago
Historic Use
by IIT
Current Use
Year
Razed
Economic –
Mechanics
Building
1942
Unknown
3228 S.
Federal St.,
Chicago
Academic
Non Extant
ca. 1973
Engineering 1
Building
1967
Myron
Goldsmith
/SOM
10 W. 32nd
St., Chicago
Academic
Academic
N/A
Engineering
Building
Information
not available
Unknown
Engineering II
1967 ?
Engineering
Research Building
1944 / 1945
Myron
Goldsmith
/SOM (?)
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
55 W. 34th
Street,
Chicago
???
Engineering
Research Storage
Building
1948
Farr Hall
1948
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Open to
the
public?
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Storage (?)
No
3441 S.
Federal St.,
Chicago
Research
Rental property
leased to researchbased companies
N/A
Access to
interior
beyond the
lobby area
is
restricted.
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
????????
Maintenance
Rental property
leased to researchbased companies
N/A
No
Skidmore,
Owings &
Merrill
55 E. 34th
St., Chicago
Residential
Administrative
offices
N/A
Access to
interior
beyond the
lobby area
Notes
 Prior to the construction of State Street Village (opened 2003), the Residence Hall
Complex, AKA McCormick Student Village, consisted six dorms, all linked by a
lounge and dining room
 All built between 1958 and 1959
 One of the five temporary buildings donated to IIT (government surplus) after
World War II.
 Contained general classrooms and meeting facilities.
 Used by the Institute of Design and for a Civil Engineering Lab.
 Built for (?) the Materials, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department.
 Later housed the Pritzker Institute of Medical Engineering and the Fluid Dynamics
Research Center, which includes a wind tunnel.
 To the west, a twin to Engineering I, which was to be known as Engineering II, has
not been completed except for its fully usable basement (under the lawn).
 To the south of Engineering I is a memorial bench and marker donated by Tau Beta
Pi in 1981 to commemorate 75 years of undergraduate engineering at Armour
Institute and IIT.
 This address tracks to the UTP Incubator Building (as of 2010). It is un clear what
historic building this entry refers to
 A building to be known as Engineering II (a twin in design to Engineering I) was
planned for the space west of Engineering I. Engineering II was not built except for
its fully usable basement (under the lawn)
 Built for Armour Research Foundation to house laboratories for research in
ceramics, fluid mechanics, engines, and heat transfer.
 Other names include: IITRI Engineering Research Building; Ceramic Building;
Incubator
 The south section housed IIT’s library before the Crerar / Kemper Library was built.
 The Food and Drug Administration maintains laboratory space (as of 2009?)
 Housed the Ohmite Laboratory ca. 1945 when the building opened; lab funded by
David Siegel for ca. $30,500.
 Originally called as “Armour Research Foundation Engineering Research Storage
Building.”
 Two storage sheds of brick were connected to the east facade of ARF Engineering
Research Building three years after its construction.
 Originally constructed as a student residence hall, it was the only residence hall not
linked to the dormitory complex built after 1958 which centered on McCormick
Lounge.
 Named for Charlotte C. Farr, mother of Newton C. Farr, IIT Trustee.
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Building Name
Fowler Hall
1948
Skidmore,
Owings &
Merrill
3241 S.
Wabash
Ave.,
Chicago
Residential
Residential
N/A
Open to
the
public?
is
restricted.
No
Freund
Instrumentation
Laboratory
1948
Lab redesign (?)
done by ????
Academic
Academic
laboratory
N/A
No
Gas Dynamics
Laboratory
Ca. 1940s
Unknown
1887
Henry Hobson
Richardson
See Armour
Institute
Laboratory
Historic house
museum; no longer
associated with IIT
N/A
Glessner House
107,
Chemistry
Building
(i.e.,
Wishnick
Hall)
3240 S.
Federal St.,
Chicago
Prairie Ave.
& 18th St.,
Chicago
N/A
See Armour
Institute
Laboratory
N/A
Government
Surplus Buildings
1946
(received)
Unknown
Various
Various
Non-extant
????
N/A
Graduate Hall
1958
Mittelbusher &
Tourtelot
3241 S.
Wabash
Ave.,
Chicago
Residential
Residential
N/A
No
Graham Resource
Center
1955
Architecture library
located in Crown
Hall
N/A
See S. R.
Crown Hall
1962
In lower
level of
S. R. Crown
Hall
3241 S.
Federal St.,
Chicago
Library
Grover M.
Hermann Hall
Library space
expansion done
in 2008 by Tom
Brock of IIT
Walter Netsch /
Skidmore,
Owings &
Merrill
Student Union
Administrative
offices, meeting
rooms; ballroom;
auditorium; lower
level has a bowling
N/A
The
building is
generally
open during
the day
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Year of
Construction
Designed By
Location
Historic Use
by IIT
Academic
Current Use
Year
Razed
Notes
 Farr Hall now (2009) houses the IIT Department of Public Safety.
 Built as a residence hall, the first to be built on the IIT campus.
 Named in memory of Harriet O. Fowler who stipulated in her will that a dormitory
be built at IIT.
 With the construction, between 1958 and 1963, of five other dormitories and a
lounge and dining room linking them all, the Residence Hall Complex was created.
 Located in Wishnick Hall
 Dedicated on September 28, 1951.
 Named in memory of Erwin O. Freund, founder of the Visking Corporation, who
attended Armour Institute of Technology, 1902-1904.
 Lab was established by Dr. Martin Kilpatrick, chairman. of the Department of
Chemistry.
 This building is referenced in Ac. No. 2002.041;apparently a laboratory located in
the Armour Institute Laboratory building., q. v.
 Built as the residence of the John J. Glessner family.
 Donated to Armour Institute of Technology in 1938 by Ms. Francis G. Mead
 Housed IIT Human Engineering (psychology and vocational aptitudes) Laboratory,
1938 – ca. 1958.
 Government surplus building became available after WW II under the Lanham Bill
amendment. IIT applied for buildings totally 50,000 square feet to provide
auxiliary classroom, cafeteria, and library space.
 At least 4 (perhaps a total of 5) of these temporary buildings were acquired by IIT.
 Built as a dormitory, this is one of the six residence halls on the campus.
 Prior to the construction of State Street Village (opened 2003), the Residence Hall
Complex, AKA McCormick Student Village, consisted six dorms, all linked by a
lounge and dining room, all built between 1958 and 1959.
 Additions were made in 1965-66.
 Located on the lower level of S.R. Crown Hall, GRC is IIT’s architecture library – a
branch of IIT’s main library.
 AKA: IIT’s architecture library.
 Opened in 1993 with funding provided via a grant from the Graham Foundation.
 Named for Grover M. Hermann, chairman of Martin Marietta Co. and an IIT life
trustee
 AKA: Hermann Union Building; HUB
 The original precast stone porch has been replaced with granite
 Houses McCormick Auditorium and the Center for the Study of Ethics in the
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Building Name
Year of
Construction
Designed By
Location
Historic Use
by IIT
Current Use
Year
Razed
alley and “the Bog”
bar
Gunsaulus Hall
Apartments
1949
Skidmore,
Owings &
Merrill
3140 S.
Michigan
Ave.,
Chicago
Residential
Residential
N/A
Harold Leonard
Stuart Building
1970
Myron
Goldsmith
/SOM
10 W. 31st
St., Chicago
Academic
Academic
N/A
Heating Plant – 3
sections
1949, 1958,
1965
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
3430 S.
Federal St.,
Chicago
Maintenance
Maintenance
N/A
Hermann Hall
See Grover M.
Hermann Hall
HUB, The
See Grover M.
Hermann Hall
Huber and Huber
Motor Express
Building
Ice Lab (IITRI
Lab)
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Open to
the
public?
when
school is in
session.
Campus
visitors are
welcome to
enter the
building
and see the
main floor.
Access to
interior
beyond the
lobby area
is
restricted.
Yes
No
Notes
Professions
 Also houses The Bog, the campus pub and recreation center
 Names after the first president of Armour Institute of Technology, Frank W.
Gunsaulus.
 First apartment building on campus; built as housing for faculty, staff , and married
students.
 Named for Harold Leonard Stuart, a Lewis Institute alumnus.
 Originally built to house the Department of Business which later became the School
of Business).
 Later housed the Department of Computer Science; ROTC units; the William F.
Finkl Interactive Instructional Television Network (IIT/V); the Academic
Computing Center.
 A satellite dish was installed on the roof in 1985.
 The first section was built in 1949.
 Two additional sections were added in 1958 and 1965.


1920S ?
Unknown
55 E. 33rd
St., Chicago
Administration
Non-extant
????
N/A
1913
Unknown
3301 S.
Dearborn
Research
Non-extant
1956
N/A
 The Huber and Huber Motor Express building was acquired by Armour Research
Foundation in 1949.
 Housed ARF administrative offices, 1950 – ca. 1966 so research labs could have
expanded space in other ARF buildings.
 AKA: Armour Research Foundation Chemistry Research Building 2
 An early campus building on the site of the current Siegel Hall.
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Building Name
Year of
Construction
Designed By
Location
St., Chicago
10 W. 35th
St., Chicago
Historic Use
by IIT
Current Use
Research;
Administration
University
administrative
offices and IITRI
research
operations; leased
space
Year
Razed
Open to
the
public?
Notes
N/A
Access to
interior
beyond the
lobby area
is
restricted.
 Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute Tower, aka IITRI Tower - the
tallest building (20 stories building) on IIT’s campus, houses the university’s
research affiliate.
 Dedicated on April 27, 1966.
 A tunnel connects Research Tower and Chemistry Research Building to the west
making it possible to reach almost all areas of (the former) IITRI complex without
going outdoors.
 Currently (2009) houses IIT’s Office of Institutional Advancement on the 17th floor.
 A glass enclosed connection to the (former) IGT South Building dates from 1964
and houses an auditorium dedicated in November 1978 to Dr. E. H. Schulz.
 The school’s first location was at 1905 South Prairie Ave, the former Marshall Field
mansion designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The residence was redesigned by Henry
Holsman and used for one year (1937) by The New Bauhaus, later The Institute of
Design.
 In 1939 the school relocated to 247 East Ontario St. and reopened as the School of
Design.
 In 1945 the school occupied 1009 North State Street, later moving to 632 North
Dearborn (the former Chicago Historical Society building designed in 1892 by
Henry Ives Cobb; now (2009) the Excalibur nightclub).
 In 1955 ID moved to IIT’s main campus, into the lower level of Crown Hall, and in
1992 relocated to the IIT Research Institute building (IITRI Tower) also on the
main campus.
 ID is currently (as of 2009) housed at the 350 N. LaSalle, just north of the Chicago
River in downtown Chicago, in a building owned by Steelcase when ID moved in
but subsequently sold to ???
 Originally built as the third (of three) buildings which formed the IGT complex.
 Currently (2009) houses Shimer College (The Great Books College of Chicago),
which relocated to the IIT campus in 2006.
IIT Research
Institute Tower
1965
Schmidt, Garden
& Erikson
Institute of Design
Information
not available
Unknown
4th Floor
350 N. La
Salle St.,
Chicago
Academic
Academic
N/A
Access to
interior
beyond the
lobby area
is
restricted.
Institute of Gas
Technology –
Central Building
1965
Schmidt, Garden
& Erikson
3424 S.
State St,
Chicago
Research;
Administration
Rental facility with
spaces leased to
various businesses
N/A
Access to
interior
beyond the
lobby area
is
restricted.
Institute of Gas
Technology –
Crossover
Institute of Gas
Technology –
North Building
1977
Schmidt, Garden
& Erikson
Research
Pedestrian
circulation
N/A
No
 Infill structure which connects the South and Central IGT buildings.
1950
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
Research
College of
Architecture annex
building (faculty
N/A
Access to
interior
beyond the
 First building to be constructed as part of the IGT complex. (The Institute of Gas
Technology was an independent, international, not-for-profit energy research and
education organization established on the IIT campus in 1941. Currently (2009)
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3424 S.
State St.,
Chicago
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Building Name
Year of
Construction
Designed By
Location
Historic Use
by IIT
Current Use
Year
Razed
offices)
Open to
the
public?
lobby area
is
restricted.
Notes



Institute of Gas
Technology –
Power Plant
Institute of Gas
Technology South Building
James Kemper
Library
1964
1955
1962
Schmidt, Garden
& Erikson
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
Walter Netsch /
Skidmore,
Owings &
Merrill
3424 S.
State St.,
Chicago
3424 S.
State St,
Chicago
35 W. 33rd
St., Chicago
Maintenance
Research
Library
Power plant
Rental facility
partially leased to
Shimer College
See Paul V. Galvin
Library
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
Access to
interior
beyond the
lobby area
is
restricted.
See Paul V.
Galvin
Library













John Crerar
Library
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1962
Walter Netsch /
Skidmore,
Owings &
Merrill
Former
location: 35
W. 33rd St.,
Chicago
Currently
located on
Library
See Paul V. Galvin
Library
N/A
See Paul V.
Galvin
Library




known as the Gas Technology Institute, it relocated to Des Plaines, IL sometime
after 1967).
Internal changes were made in 1954.
Renovations (ADA accommodations and other) were done in ca. 200 when the
building housed the Young Women’s Leadership Charter School (which has since
moved from the IIT campus).
Currently (2009), the building houses offices and classrooms for the IIT College of
Architecture.
Part of the IGT complex
Intended as a total energy center providing heat and electricity from gas generators
(removed 1975/76)
It now (2009) houses a boiler, a research lab, and a loading dock.
The walls enclosing the parking area are a later addition.
Originally built as a research facility as part of the Institute of Gas Technology
complex.
Later used by Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology when
IGT moved from the IIT campus.
Housed the Univac 1105 computer (not extant), and the first industrial nuclear
reactor in U.S. (dismantled in 1977/78)
AKA: Physics and Electrical Engineering Research Building (PER Building)
Built as The John Crerar Library’s new facility when the Crerar, a private library
dedicated to math and science established in Chicago in 18__ by John Crerar, left
it’s downtown Loop location in 1962.
Also housed the James S. Kemper Library (IIT’s academic library) upon
construction.
The building was renovated in 1985 when the Crerar Library declined to renew its
lease with IIT. (The Crerar Library moved to the University of Chicago.)
The building was rededicated and renamed as the Paul V. Galvin Library in memory
of the founder on Motorola.
Currently (2009) serves as IIT’s main library, housing both print and digital
resources. Also houses the IIT University Archives.
The library air conditioning tower (1962) stands to the south of the building.
Built as The John Crerar Library’s new facility when the Crerar, a private library
dedicated to math and science established in Chicago in 18__ by John Crerar, left
it’s downtown Loop location in 1962.
Also housed the James S. Kemper Library (IIT’s academic library) upon
construction.
The building was renovated in 1985 when the Crerar Library declined to renew its
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Building Name
Year of
Construction
Designed By
Location
Historic Use
by IIT
Current Use
Year
Razed
Open to
the
public?
The
University
of Chicago
campus.
Kappa Phi Delta
1960
Mittelbusher
And Tourtelot


Residential
Sorority house
N/A
No




lease with IIT. (The Crerar Library moved to the University of Chicago.)
The building was rededicated and renamed as the Paul V. Galvin Library in memory
of the founder on Motorola.
Currently (2009) serves as IIT’s main library, housing both print and digital
resources. Also houses the IIT University Archives.
The library air conditioning tower (1962) stands to the south of the building.
Built as (?) Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity house
Currently (as of 2009) one of IIT’s three sorority communities.
Located in “The Quad,” a group of nine buildings built for the IIT fraternities 19581960

Keating Hall
See Arthur Keating
Hall
Keith School
1884
Law House
ca. 1961
Lewis Hall
1958
Mittelbusher &
Tourtelot
Lewis Institute
1895
Henry Ives Cobb
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3330 S.
Michigan
Ave.,
Chicago
Notes
Unknown
34th and
Dearborn
Streets
Public
elementary
school
Non-extant
1960
N/A
3241 S.
Wabash
Ave.,
Chicago
3241 S.
Wabash
Ave.,
Chicago
Residential
Residential
N/A
No
Residential
Residential
N/A
No
1951 W.
Madison St.,
Chicago
Academic;
Administration
Non-extant
????
N/A
 Presumable built as public elementary school, this was the last (?) historic building
on the IIT campus to be razed. After use as a school was discontinued, the building
housed the Chicago Police Department training academy and was finally torn down
in 1960.
 Located in “The Quad,” a group of nine buildings built for the IIT fraternities 19581960
 Renovated ca. 2000 as a residence hall for law students
 One of the six residence halls on the campus; built as IIT’s first dormitory for
women
 Named for Allen C. Lewis, founded of Lewis Institute.
 Houses Mollie Cohen Lounge which was dedicated April 16, 1980 to Mollie Cohen,
a 1924 Lewis Institute alumna who served Lewis and IIT for 56 years as an English
teacher
 Additions were made in 1965-66 (?).
 In 1877 Allen C. Lewis, a Chicago real estate investor, died and left his substantial
estate for the creation of a college to serve Chicago’s immigrant populations. His
will detailed the requirements of the facility as well as the school’s curriculum
which included engineering, science, and the arts.
 Lewis Institute was strategically located at the intersection of Madison and Robey
(now Damen) Sts. This location served as a transfer point for two of Chicago’s 19 th
century streetcar lines making the school easily accessible by public transportation.
 At least two other buildings were built on the property surrounded by Damen,
Madison, Wood, and Monroe Sts. for Lewis Institute’s growing academic
programs.
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Building Name
Year of
Construction
Designed By
Location
Historic Use
by IIT
Current Use
Year
Razed
Open to
the
public?
Life Sciences
Building
1966
Myron
Goldsmith
3105 S.
Dearborn
St., Chicago
Academic
Academic
N/A
Yes
Life Sciences
Research Building
1943
Schmidt, Garden
& Erikson
35 W. 34th
St., Chicago
Research
Rental property
leased to researchbased companies
N/A
Access to
interior
beyond the
lobby area
is
restricted.
Machinery Hall
1901
C. V. Kerr –
Patten & Fisher
100 W. 33rd
St., Chicago
Academic
Facilities offices &
storage
N/A
Access to
facilities
office
(Room
200) only.
Main Building
1893
Patten & Fisher
3300 S.
Federal St.,
Chicago
Academic;
Administration
Administrative
offices
N/A
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Yes
Notes
 In 1939, Lewis Institute and Armour Institute of Technology merged, creating
Illinois Institute of Technology.
 The Lewis Institute complex continued to be used by IIT until 1946 when is was
sold to the City of Chicago (?) which used it to house the Cook County Department
of Welfare until 19??.
 Chicago’s United Center (home of the Chicago Bulls and the Blackhawks) currently
sits on the location.
 IIT’s original campus plan included a building to be identified as “Lewis Building”
(commemorating Lewis Institute, one of IIT’s predecessor schools) and meant to
house the general sciences, humanities, and liberal arts programs. The humanities
department is housed in Siegle Hall, the name given to the intended building on its
construction.
 By 1966 when Life Sciences Building was built, the Lewis name association had
been lost.
 Built as Armour Research Foundation’s Mechanical Engineering Research Building
where it served as offices and laboratory space for ARF
 Intended as a research facility for heat transfer, design of weapons systems, stress
analysis and life science research.
 9 bay addition to the north in 1961 by Schmidt, Garden & Erikson.
 AKA: Mechanical Research Building; Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Research Building; IITRI Center
 Later (ca. 2005) included in the buildings at the south end of campus being
renovated for the creation of “University Technology Park” with space leased to
private R&D companies.
 Currently (as of 2009) used for Electronics Research and Life Science Research
 Built for Armour Institute as a classroom building with labs and equipment for
teaching the mechanical arts classes.
 AKA: Mechanical Engineering Building
 Building was a gift from Malvina Armour in memory of her son, Philip D. Armour,
Jr.
 Recognized as Chicago Landmark, 2004
 Currently (as of 2009) houses the IIT Facilities offices and storage
 In continuous use by Armour Institute of Technology and Illinois Institute of
Technology since built.
 Originally the principal classroom structure of Armour Institute. In continuous use
by Armour Institute of Technology and Illinois Institute of Technology since built.
 The columns, capitals and other external ornamentation are of terra cotta.
 Recognized as Chicago Landmark, 2004.
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Building Name
Year of
Construction
Designed By
Location
Historic Use
by IIT
Current Use
Year
Razed
Open to
the
public?
Maintenance
Garage
1901
Patten & Fisher
3240 S.
Federal St,
Chicago
Academic
See Armour
Institute
Laboratory
N/A
See Armour
Institute
Laboratory
Mandel Residence
Ca. 1890s
L. B. Dixon
Residential
Non-extant
1958
N/A
Marshall Field
Mansion
1876
Richard Morris
Hunt
3400
Michigan
Ave.,
Chicago
1905 S.
Prairie Ave.,
Chicago
Academic
Non-extant
????
N/A
McCormick
Lounge and Dining
Hall
1959
Skidmore,
Owings &
Merrill
3241 South
Wabash St.
Chicago
Residential;
Dining
Residential
N/A
No
McCormick
Student Village
1963
Skidmore,
Owings &
Merrill;
Mittelbusher &
Tourtelot
3241 S.
Wabash
Ave.,
Chicago
Residential
Residential
N/A
Access to
interior
beyond the
lobby area
is
restricted.
Document1
Notes
 Included administrative offices, classrooms, and labs; also housed the AIT library
and gymnasium
 Stained glass window at the head of the central staircase is dedicated to Philip D.
Armour, Jr. (died 1900)
 Over the years, Main Building has housed a variety of IIT academic and
administrative offices and classrooms, including the architecture program at one
point.
 Attic tower burned and was torn down in winter 1950.
 The adjacent small building to the south is the former heating plant for the Main
Building.
 Third building to be constructed as part of the Armour Institute of Technology
complex. Opened in 1917 as an internal combustion laboratory.
 Housed the school’s academic engineering laboratories
 Other names include: AIT Laboratory; Maintenance Garage; Carpenter Shop
 Concrete block walls later added to inside of building.
 Later served as a garage, storage. and ROTC shooting range.
 Currently (2009) used by IIT where it houses the student organization Society for
Automotive Engineers, and is used by the Facilities Department
 Built as the home of the Emanuel and Babette Mandel family
 Housed student–soldiers during WW I
 Built as the home of the Marshall Field family residence. Chicago entrepreneur
Marshall Field founded the “Field’s” chain of department stores.
 It was later redesigned by Henry Holsman and used for one year, 1937, by László
Moholy-Nagy as The New Bauhaus (which later became the Institute of Design)
 The Robert R. McCormick Lounge, located in the residence hall complex, was
dedicated on January 27, 1960.
 Prior to the construction of State Street Village (opened 2003), the Residence Hall
Complex, AKA McCormick Student Village, consisted six dorms, all linked by the
lounge and a dining room
 All built between 1958 and 1959.
 Prior to the construction of State Street Village (opened 2003), the Residence Hall
Complex, (AKA McCormick Student Village) consisted six dorms, all linked by a
lounge and dining room
 All built between 1958 and 1959.
 Dedicated on January 27, 1960.
 The six inter connected dormitories are: Fowler Hall; East Hall; Graduate Hall;
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Building Name
Year of
Construction
Designed By
Location
Historic Use
by IIT
Current Use
Year
Razed
Open to
the
public?
Notes

McCormick
Tribune Campus
Center
2003
Rem Koolhaas /
OMA
Mecca Building
(AKA Mecca
apartments; Mecca
Flats)
Ca. 1890
Unknown
Mechanical
Engineering
Michigan Place
Information
not available
2004
Unknown
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David Hovey,
Optima Inc.
3201 S.
State St.,
Chicago
3360 S.
State St.,
Chicago
Student
Services
Never used as
a university
building
Administrative
offices; student
services; dining
facilities; meeting
rooms; auditorium
Non Extant
N/A
1952
N/A
Bounded by
31st St.
Residential
Residential; longterm lease by IIT to
The
building is
generally
open during
the day
when
school is in
session.
Campus
visitors are
welcome to
enter the
building
and eat in
any of the
food
service
venues.
N/A
N/A
N/A
No





Lewis Hall; North Hall; South Hall.
A new main entrance on the west side of the complex was designed by IIT
Architects, the campus architecture firm based in the College of Architecture, in
1992 under a grant from the McCormick Tribune Foundation. The cafeteria,
lounges, and other common areas were renovated under the same grant
The typical residence hall room is approximately 11 feet by 16 feet
Construction from 1999 – 2003. Groundbreaking was March 9, 1999. Dedication
on Sept. 30, 2003. Opened to public on Oct. 4, 2003.
The Campus Center includes two primary components: a 110,000-square-foot, onestory building to serve a wide variety of student activity functions; and a 530-footlong stainless steel clad tube that sits directly above the building’s roof, designed to
significantly muffle the noise and vibration generated by passing Chicago Transit
Authority commuter trains.
Dining facilities, auditorium and meeting rooms, student organization offices,
campus bookstore, coffee bar, post office, and 7-11 convenience store are all
located in The McCormick Tribune Campus Center.
The building is uniquely connected to the Mies-designed Commons Building which
serves as the campus’ dining hall.
 An apartment building considered to be the most modern of its time, it was erected
in time to house long-term visitors to the 1892 world’s Columbian Exposition.
 Located on the north-west corner of 34th and State Sts.
 It was a large, U-shaped structure and each of its five stories contained 7-room
apartments with ornate balconies overlooking fountains in the landscaped
courtyard.
 During the Great Migration, apartments were divided and subdivided as more and
more African Americans arrived in the area needing housing. Overcrowding and
deferred maintenance resulted in severe deterioration of the building.
 Purchased by IIT in 1941 as part of the campus development program S. R. Crown
Hall now stands on the site.
 Uncertain what building this name refers to; it may indicate either to an ARF
building or an alternative name for Machinery Hall
 Michigan Place Condominiums and Town Houses was a project initiated by IIT to
create a residential community for faculty and staff adjacent to its Main Campus
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Building Name
Year of
Construction
Designed By
Location
Historic Use
by IIT
Michigan
Ave., 32nd
St. and
Indiana Ave.
Current Use
Year
Razed
Open to
the
public?
private
management
development
company
Military Science
Building
1965
(acquired)
Unknown
3201 S.
Michigan
Ave.,
Chicago
Academics
Non-extant
????
N/A
Minerals and
Metals Research
Building (&
addition)
1943 (&
1958)
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
3350 S.
Federal St.,
Chicago
Research
Rental property
leased to researchbased companies
N/A
Access to
interior
beyond the
lobby area
is
restricted.
Moffett Technical
Center
1947
Schmidt,
Garden, and
Erickson
6502 S.
Archer Rd.,
SummitArgo,
Illinois
Academic;
Administration
Research facility
and laboratory
N/A
North Hall
1959
Mittelbusher &
Tourtelot
71 E. 32nd
St, Chicago
Residential
Residential
N/A
Access to
interior
beyond the
lobby area
is
restricted.
No
Ogden Field
1894
Unknown
3241 S.
Athletics
Non-extant
Closed
N/A
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 Consists of two buildings, 120 units, located between Michigan Avenue and Indiana
Avenue slightly south of Thirty-first Street
 Both were designed by David Hovey, IIT alumnus and a member of the architecture
faculty, in a manner typical of his embrace of late modernist simplicity of form.
The roofs are flat; exterior walls of glass are separated by strips of anodized
aluminum.
 AKA Information Science Building
 The building was acquired in 1965 through a gift by Newton Farr, trustee and realtor
 Originally housed the university’s Information Science operations (i.e., computer
center which later moved to Stuart Building)
 Ca. 1971 – 1994 (?), it housed the Air Force and Navy ROTC programs
 First Mies-designed building to be built on IIT campus and his first in American
building; built for Armour Research Foundation (ARF)
 Original south bays opened 11 January 1943 and housed a foundry. Another section,
also designed by Mies, was added in 1958 to the north making this building also the
last Mies-designed building to be built on the IIT campus.
 Cited at 15th Anniversary Exhibition of the Museum of Modern Art, New York
(1943-44) as an outstanding example of modern functional architecture.
 Two window levels on the southern side bricked up. Decorative mullions were
added later because columns were too thin.
 To the south stands a test cell and transformer building by Mies.
 AKA: IITRI Materials Technology Building; Metals Research Building; IITRI
Minerals and Metals Research Building
 Building is located at the south end of campus, an area which has been referred to
variously as: IIT Research Institute complex; Biomedical Research Complex;
University Technology Park (UTP)
 AKA Moffett Campus
 Built as the corporate headquarters and research laboratories for Corn Products
International and named for Corn Products President George M. Moffett
 Buildings were donated to IIT in 1988 as a gift of buildings by CPC International
Inc.
 Now houses IIT’s National Center for Food Safety and Technology
 Built as a dormitory, this is one of the six residence halls on the campus.
 Prior to the construction of State Street Village (opened 2003), the Residence Hall
Complex, AKA McCormick Student Village, consisted six dorms, all linked by a
lounge and dining room
 All built between 1958 an 1959
 A plot of land, originally surrounded by an iron fence, was set aside by J. Ogden
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Building Name
Year of
Construction
Designed By
Location
Historic Use
by IIT
Current Use
Federal St.,
Chicago
Year
Razed
Open to
the
public?
Notes
in 1960



Paul V. Galvin
Library
1962
Walter Netsch /
Skidmore,
Owings &
Merrill
35 W. 33rd
Street
Chicago
Library
Main university
library
N/A
1985 renovation
done by ??????
The
building is
generally
open during
the day
when
school is in
session.





Perlstein Hall
1947
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
10 W. 33rd
St., Chicago
Academic
Administrative
offices; Academic
N/A
Yes







Phi Kappa Sigma
Physics and
Electrical
Engineering
Research Building
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1958
1955
Karl M. Schmidt
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
3366 S.
Michigan
Ave.,
Chicago
3424 S.
State St,
Chicago
Residential
Research
Fraternity house
Rental property
leased to researchbased companies
N/A
N/A
No
Access to
interior
beyond the
lobby area
is
restricted.






Armour to become the recreation field for Armour Institute of Technology
The iron fence was donated to the World War II metals collection project
The athletic field was nicknamed “The Bog” because of its rain soaked condition
with the slightest rainfall
The site is now occupied by Hermann Hall which houses The Bog, the campus pub
and recreation center
Built as The John Crerar Library’s new facility when the Crerar, a private library
dedicated to math and science established in Chicago in 18__ by John Crerar, left
it’s downtown Loop location in 1962.
Also housed the James S. Kemper Library (IIT’s academic library) upon
construction.
The building was renovated in 1985 when the Crerar Library declined to renew its
lease with IIT. (The Crerar Library moved to the University of Chicago.)
The building was rededicated and renamed as the Paul V. Galvin Library in memory
of the founder on Motorola.
Currently (2009) serves as IIT’s main library, housing both print and digital
resources. Also houses the IIT University Archives.
The library air conditioning tower (1962) stands to the south of the building.
Dedicated as Metallurgy and Chemical Engineering Building on June 17, 1949.
Incorporates a lecture room and an interior court, administration offices, and a foyer.
Named Perlstein Hall and re-dedicated May 1964 for Harris Perlstein, IIT life
trustee
Built to house the metallurgy and chemical engineering programs and university
administrative offices
Executive and administrative offices located in the building as of 2010 include the
president’s office and several vice presidents, the undergraduate admission office.
A fountain was installed on the south lawn in 1964 and dedicated as the Anne
Perlstein Memorial Court in memory of Harris’s spouse
Located in “The Quad,” a group of nine buildings built for the IIT fraternities 19581960
Built as Phi Kappa Sigma (?) fraternity house
Porch was added in June 1977.
Built for the Institute of Gas Technology, as South building of what was the Institute
of Gas Technology Complex.
Later used by Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology when
IGT moved from the IIT campus.
Housed the Univac 1105 computer (not extant), and the first industrial nuclear
reactor in U.S. (dismantled in 1977/78)
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Building Name
Year of
Construction
Designed By
Location
Historic Use
by IIT
Current Use
Year
Razed
Open to
the
public?
Notes
 AKA: PER Building; IGT South
 The classrooms of Physics Hall, AKA Physics Building, were originally part of
Armour Flats
 After some Armour Flats units were demolished prior to 1920, 63 units were left.
Some of those remaining units (the northernmost portion) were renovated as the
Physics Hall in 1937
 The southern units were known as Chapin Hall and used to house the Psychology
Department.
 Located in “The Quad,” a group of nine buildings built for the IIT fraternities 19581960
 Built as Pi Kappa Phi (?) fraternity house
Physics Building
1888
Patten & Fisher
East side of
Federal St.
between 33rd
and 34th Sts.,
Chicago
Academic
Non-extant
1968
N/A
Pi Kappa Phi
1960
Mittelbusher &
Tourtelot
Residential
Fraternity house
N/A
No
Residence Dining
Hall
1963
Mittelbusher &
Tourtelot
3333 S.
Wabash
Ave.,
Chicago
71 E. 32nd
St., Chicago
Residential
Residential
N/A
No
Rice Campus
1990
Solomon
Cordwell Buenz
& Associates,
Inc.
201 E, Loop
Rd.,
Wheaton,
Illinois
Academic;
Administration
Academic and
administration
N/A
Yes ?
Richard D. Irwin
Inc. building
Information
not available
Unknown
Research
Non-extant
????
N/A
Riverbank
Acoustical
Laboratories
ca. 1918
Unknown
Research
Research
laboratory ? No
longer owned/used
by IIT.
N/A
N/A
 Used by Armour Research Foundation’s physics division beginning in 1947
 The facility contained a specially constructed reverberation chamber for research in
acoustical testing and measurement
 IITRI later operated the laboratory
Robert F. Carr
Memorial Chapel
1952
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
3201 S.
Michigan
Ave.,
Chicago
1512 S.
Batavia
Ave., (Ill.
St. Rt. 31),
Geneva,
Illinois
65 E. 32nd
St., Chicago
Chapel
Religious services
and activities
N/A
The
building is
generally
not open
unless it is
 AKA: Memorial Chapel of St. Savior (or St. Saviour); The God Box
 The only liturgical structure designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
 The chapel commemorates Robert F. Carr, president of Dearborn Chemical
Company
 Unique among the single-story pavilions on campus, the chapel has load-bearing
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 Also called “South Dining Hall.”
 Prior to the construction of State Street Village (opened 2003), the Residence Hall
Complex, AKA McCormick Student Village, consisted six dorms, all linked by a
lounge and dining room
 All built between 1958 an 1959.
 Dedicated in 1990; first classes held in Jan. 1991
 Officially, the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Campus
 Houses the Louis W. Biegler Library
 Initially identified as “IIT West” during planning stages
 Prior to construction of the Rice Campus facility, IIT held classes in leased space at
College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn (1986-1990)
 The Irwin book publishing building was used by Armour Research Foundation’s to
house its electrical engineering research laboratories and operations.
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Building Name
Year of
Construction
Designed By
Location
Historic Use
by IIT
Current Use
Year
Razed
S. R. Crown Hall
1955
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
3360 S.
State St.,
Chicago
Academic
Academic
N/A
Service Station
1961
Mittelbusher &
Tourtelot
3240 S.
Wabash
Maintenance
Non-extant
Ca.
2000
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Open to
the
public?
in use for
some
program.
Most of the
interior of
the oneroom
building
can be seen
through the
windows
on the east
facade.
The
building is
generally
open during
the day
when
school is in
session.
Campus
visitors are
welcome to
enter the
building
and walk
through
both upper
and lower
levels.
N/A
Notes
brick walls, not a steel frame
 The altar is a solid block of travertine
 Widely regarded as Ludwig Mies van Der Rohe’s masterpiece, S. R. Crown Hall is
one of the most architecturally significant buildings of the 20 th Century Modernist
movement
 Designed to house the IIT Department of Architecture (now, the College of
Architecture), the building accommodated the Institute of Design on it lower level
when it was first occupied. (ID has since removed to another location.)
 Crown Hall currently (2010) houses administrative and academic offices,
classrooms, studio and lecture space, and a workshop and library for the IIT
College of Architecture.
 Ground breaking, Dec. 2, 1954; opened, ca. Sept. 1955; dedicated April 30, 1956
 The building suffered a major fire on March 25, 2995 during construction
 Major renovation of Crown Hall occurred ca 1977-1978 (roof, exterior stairs,
lights); original windows were replaced in 1975 (to meet then current Chicago
building codes). A/C installed 1986.
 A major preservation effort occurred in 2004-2005, resulting in restoration of the
exterior (included glass and south porch replacement), and renovation of the
interior.
 Granted Chicago Landmark status in 1997
 Granted National Historic Landmark status in 2001
 The 2005 restoration received the 2006 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Preservation Award for Project of the Year, a 2006 Citation of Merit from AIA
Chicago, and a 2005 Honor Award from Chicago Landmarks Commission
 Named for Sol R. Crown, founder of material Service Corp., brother of Henry
Crown, a former IIT trustee
 Campus auto service station operated exclusively for IIT students and staff
 Station ceased to sell gasoline in 1993 to comply with state and federal underground
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Building Name
Year of
Construction
Designed By
Siegel Hall
1957
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
Sigma Phi Epsilon
1961
Mittelbusher &
Tourtelot
Location
Ave.,
Chicago
3301 S.
Dearborn
St., Chicago
Historic Use
by IIT
Current Use
Year
Razed
Open to
the
public?
Academic
Academic
N/A
Yes
Residential
Fraternity house
N/A
No
Residential
Residential
N/A
No
Notes





storage tank regulations, but continued to perform some routine maintenance
services until 19??
Named for IIT Trustee David T. Siegel
Dedicated April 1958
The site where Siegel Hall stands was designated on the original Mies campus plan
for the “Lewis Building,” the building intended to house the humanities and general
sciences programs
Shows an example of the “Mies corner”
Located in “The Quad,” a group of nine buildings built for the IIT fraternities 19581960
Built as Sigma Phi Epsilon (?) fraternity house
South Hall
1959
Mittelbusher &
Tourtelot
3341 S.
Wabash
Ave.,
Chicago
71 E. 32nd
St, Chicago
State Street Village
2003
Helmut Jahn /
Murphy-Jahn
Architects
3301 S.
State St.,
Chicago
Residential
Residential
N/A
Access to
interior
beyond the
lobby area
is
restricted.
ca. 1946
Unknown
Athletics
Non-extant
1966
N/A
 Following World War II, a large temporary building (government surplus) was
placed on stilts
 Served as the university’s gymnasium until the summer of 1966.
1982
First Impressions
Between
Dearborn
and State
Sts. on 32nd
Street,
Chicago
3100 block
of Wabash
Ave.,
Chicago
Recreation
Recreation
N/A
No ?
 Tennis courts by First Impressions, 1982.
Stuart Hall
See Harold
Leonard Stuart
Building
Temporary
Building # 1
Tennis courts
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
 Built as a dormitory, this is one of the six residence halls on the campus.
 Prior to the construction of State Street Village (opened 2003), the Residence Hall
Complex, AKA McCormick Student Village, consisted six dorms, all linked by a
lounge and dining room
 All built between 1958 an 1959
 1st of two new buildings opened in 2003 to be added to State St. campus since 1970
 Architect Helmut Jahn is an IIT alumnus
 Dedicated on July 22, 2003
 Complex of six separate dormitories buildings; the five-story units are conceived as
three pairs, each of which consists of two dormitory wings flanking a courtyard
planted with birches and lined at the rear by a sound-insulating glass wall that rises
to the full height of the building
 Awarded the 2004 Institute Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects

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Building Name
Test Cell
Year of
Construction
1948
Transformer Vault
1946
Triangle (fraternity
house)
1959
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
Ekroth,
Martorano &
Ekroth
VanderCook
College of Music
Information
not available
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
Vendome Theater
1887
Victorian
Mansions used as
fraternity houses
Wabash Building
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Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
Location
3430 S.
Federal St.,
Chicago
Historic Use
by IIT
Maintenance
Current Use
Non-extant
Year
Razed
2010
Maintenance
Open to
the
public?
N/A
No
Notes
 Built for Armour Research Foundation on the northwest corner of 35 th and South
Federal Streets
 Initially used for research in the testing of firearms; later used for storage
 Razed 2010 for construction of Metra station at 35 th St.
 See entry on the Minerals and Metals Research Building
3360 S.
Wabash
Ave.,
Chicago
3140 S.
Federal St.,
Chicago
Residential
Fraternity house
N/A
No
 Located in “The Quad,” a group of nine buildings built for the IIT fraternities 19581960
 Built as Triangle (?) fraternity house
Originally;
research; later,
Academic
Private music
college offices and
classrooms
N/A
 VanderCook College moved onto the IIT campus in 1996, into a building
(Association of American Railroads [AAR] Building 1) designed by Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe.
Unknown
3143-3147
S. State St.,
Chicago
Maintenance
Non Extant
1949
Access to
interior
beyond the
lobby area
is
restricted.
N/A
ca. late
1800’s
Various
South
Michigan
Ave.
between
32nd & 33rd
Sts.
Residential
Non-extant
????
N/A
Information
not available
Unknown
Research;
Administration
Non-extant
????
N/A
 In 1887, a Turner Hall (a German cultural and athletic center), was built at this
location
 After a 1915, Turner Hall was either renovated or razed
 In 1919, the building at this location became known as the Vendome Theater, a
movie theater catering to Black audiences
 Doubled as a jazz performance theater and became well-known for its resident
orchestra led by Erskine Tate
 Acquired by IIT in 1945 and used for storage
 Ca. 1960, used by Armour Research Foundation as its Industrial Chemistry Building
 AKA: Vendome Storage Building; South Side Turner’s Hall
 Used by Armour Institute of Technology and IIT Greeks, ca. 1908 – ca. 1958
 Fraternities known to have used these buildings included the following: for: Delta
Tau Delta, Phi Kappa Sigma; Rho Delta Rho; Beta Psi; Kappa Delta Tau; Theta Xi;
Stray Greeks; Sigma Kappa Delta; Pi Kappa Phi; Sigma Alpha Mu; Omega
Lambda; Triangle; Phi Pi Phi; Tau Delta Phi; Beta Ph
 AKA: Fraternity Row
 Some buildings also housed NROTC students during WW II
 Originally a trucking firm’s office and loading dock
 Acquired in 1950 and used by Armour Research Foundation for office, laboratory
and shipping space
 Building was later adapted for university use and housed the Institute of
Psychological Services
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Building Name
Year of
Construction
Designed By
Wishnick Hall
1947
Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe
Zeta Pi Omega
Information
not available
Unknown
Location
3255 S.
Dearborn
St., Chicago
33?? S.
Wabash
Ave.,
Chicago
Historic Use
by IIT
Current Use
Year
Razed
Open to
the
public?
Academic
Academic
N/A
Yes
Residential
Sorority house
N/A
No
Notes
 General classrooms and a few specialized laboratories for the Physics and
Environmental Engineering were also located in the building
 Dedicated as the Chemistry Building on October 17, 1949.
 Renamed in 1966 for Robert I. Wishnick, IIT alumnus and trustee
 It also houses the Center for Excellence in Polymer Science and Engineering
 Located in “The Quad,” a group of nine buildings built for the IIT fraternities 19581960
 Built as ???????? fraternity house
 One of IIT’s three sorority communities
Information for this document was gathered from various sources in the IIT Archives, primarily by Catherine Bruck,
University Archivist. Corrections, edits, and additions should be sent to bruck@iit.edu.
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