Architect Solon S. Beman, who had gained notoriety as the designer of the Pullman company neighborhood, designed the station in the Norman Castellated and chose brick, brownstone and granite for construction. The structure measured 228 ft (69 m) along Harrison Street and 482 ft (147 m) along Wells. Imposing arches, crenellations, a spacious arched carriage-court facing …

Chicago's architecture is famous throughout the world and one style is referred to as the Chicago School.Much of its early work is also known as Commercial Style. In the history of architecture, the first Chicago School was a school of architects active in Chicago in the late 19th, and at the turn of the 20th century. They were among the first to promote the new technologies of steel …

Gilded Age mansions were lavish houses built between 1870 and the early 20th century by some of the richest people in the United States.. These estates were raised by the nation's industrial, financial and commercial elite, who amassed great fortunes in era of expansion of the tobacco, railroad, steel, and oil industries coinciding with a lack of both governmental regulation and the …

Rosalie Amelia Selfridge (née Buckingham; 5 July 1860 – 12 May 1918) was a property developer before becoming the wife of department store magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge.A member of the wealthy Buckingham family of Chicago, she inherited a large amount of property.Well educated, she had traveled extensively by the time she met Harry Selfridge in the late 1880s.

Die World’s Columbian Exposition 1893 (auch The Chicago World’s Fair) war eine vom 1.Mai bis zum 30. Oktober 1893 in Chicago veranstaltete Weltausstellung, die neunzehnte ihrer Art.Die Ausstellung fand zum vierhundertsten Jahrestag der Entdeckung Amerikas durch Kolumbus statt. Wegen der zu kurzen Vorbereitungszeit waren die im September 1891 begonnenen …

Emma Abbott (1850–91), opera soprano. Born and raised in Illinois until age 16; funeral held in Illinois, but interred in Massachusetts. David Abidor (born 1992), soccer player; Margaret Abbott (1878–1955), first modern-era Olympic United States female champion. Lived during her teens and learned her Olympic sport of golf in Illinois.

Winnetka (/ w ɪ ˈ n ɛ t k ə /) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, located 16 miles (26 km) north of downtown Chicago.The population was 12,316 as of 2019. The village is one of the wealthiest places in the nation in terms of household income. It was the second-ranked Illinois community on Bloomberg's 2019 Richest Places Annual Index. In 2020, 24/7 Wall St ranked …

Pullman, one of Chicago's 77 defined community areas, is a neighborhood located on the city's South Side.Twelve miles from the Chicago Loop, Pullman is situated adjacent to Lake Calumet.. The area known as Pullman encompasses a much wider area than its two historic areas (the older historic area is often referred to as "Pullman" and is a Chicago Landmark district and a …

The World's Columbian Exposition (also known as the Chicago World's Fair) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, held in Jackson Park, was a large water pool representing the voyage Columbus took to the New World.Chicago had won the right to host …

Columbia College Chicago is a private art college in Chicago, Illinois.Founded in 1890, it has 5,928 students pursuing degrees in more than 60 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.. Columbia College Chicago is the host institution of several affiliated educational, cultural, and research organizations, including the …