• Louis Sullivan

• Louis Sullivan

• The James Charnley House is located at the corner of Schiller and Astor

• James Charnley House, designed by Louis Sullivan - 1892. Frank Lloyd Wright, draftsman.

• Perskey bought and restored the Charnley House and then gave it to the Society of Architectural Historians to use as their headquarters, thus the new name for the house.

• Kathryn in front of the Charnley House

• Anna Cooper-Stanton, our guide at the Charnley House

• The Charnley House foyer

• The Charnley House foyer

• Door detail

• Fireplace in the foyer

• Staircase from the foyer to the second floor

• Stair detail

• An anteroom off of the foyer

• Dining room

• Dining room cabinet detail

• Skylight above foyer

• Stairway and hall railings above the foyer

• Railing and panel detail

• Railing detail

• Fireplace in second floor office

• Door from second floor office to front balcony

• Auditorium Theater, Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan, Architects - 1886-90, Photo source: Wikipedia Commons

• Covered entrance to the Auditorium Theater

• Light detail

• Column and ceiling detail

• Ceiling detail

• View of the entrance doors from the lobby

• Wall sconce in the main lobby

• Wall and ceiling detail in the main lobby

• Ceiling detail in the main lobby

• Stairway landing between lobby and theater level

• Column detail

• Proscenium arch detail

• First balcony seating

• Inglenook in lobby at the back of the Auditorium

• Stairway to upper balconies

• Stairway landing

• The sloping door to the Men's Room is evidence of the settling of the building's perimeter foundation

• The highest level balcony - aka the nosebleed section

• Our knowledgable and enthusiastic guide is standing to the left of two other people on the theater tour

• A view of the stage from the nose bleed section

• Roosevelt University currently owns the Auditorium Building. One section of the building, originally a hotel, now contains a library, classrooms, offices, and performance spaces.

• Library

• Library ceiling detail

• Library

• Library column detail

• Art glass detail

• Column detail

• Rudolph Ganz Hall is a small performance hall in the Auditorium Building

• Ganz Hall detail

• Ganz Hall detail

• Ganz Hall detail

• Ganz Hall detail

• Ganz Hall detail

• Ganz Hall detail

• Ganz Hall detail

• Ganz Hall detail

• Ganz Hall detail

• Radiator screen

• Spandrel panel from the Facade of the Gage Building

• Balusters from the Schlesinger and Mayer Store, which became the Carson Pirie Scott and Company Building. The building was being remodeled into a Target store during our visit.