Editing Auditorium Building (section)

{{Short description|Building in Chicago, Illinois}}
{{Use American English|date = November 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name                    = Auditorium Building
| nrhp_type               = nhl
| designated_other1_name  = Chicago Landmark
| designated_other1_date  = September 15, 1976
| designated_other1_abbr  = CL
| designated_other1_link  = Chicago Landmark
| designated_other1_color = #aaccff
| locmapin                = United States Chicago Central#Illinois#USA
| image                   = Auditorium Building Chicago June 30, 2012-92.jpg
| image_size              = 325
| caption                 = Building's exterior in 2012
| location                = 430 S. Michigan Ave.<br>Chicago, Illinois
| coordinates             = {{coord|41|52|34|N|87|37|31|W|display=title}}
| area                    = {{convert|67699.5|sqft|m2}}
| built                   = 1889
| architect               = [[Louis Sullivan]]<br>[[Dankmar Adler]]
| architecture            = Late-19th- and early-20th-century American movements
| designated_nrhp_type    = May 15, 1975<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=915&ResourceType=Building |title=Auditorium Building |date=May 15, 1975 |work=National Historic Landmark summary listing |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=December 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009042000/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=915&ResourceType=Building |archive-date=October 9, 2012 }}</ref>
| added                   = April 17, 1970<ref name="nrhpnom">{{cite journal |url={{NHLS url|id=70000230}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Auditorium Building |author=Pitts, Carolyn |date=March 10, 1975|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=December 8, 2011}}</ref>
| refnum                  = 70000230<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
| partof                  = [[Historic Michigan Boulevard District]]
}}

[[File:Auditorium Building Chicago June 30, 2012-91.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Historical markers]]
The '''Auditorium Building''' in Chicago is one of the best-known designs of [[Louis Sullivan]] and [[Dankmar Adler]].  Completed in 1889, the building is located at the northwest corner of South [[Michigan Avenue (Chicago)|Michigan Avenue]] and  [[Ida B. Wells Drive]]. The building was designed to be a multi-use complex, including offices, a theater, and a hotel. As a young apprentice, [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] worked on some of the interior design.

The [[Auditorium Theatre]] is part of the Auditorium Building and is located at 50 East [[Ida B. Wells]] Drive.  The theater was the first home of the [[Chicago Civic Opera]] and the [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]].

The building was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on April 17, 1970.<ref name="nrhpnom"/> It was declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1975,<ref name="nhlsum"/> and was designated a [[Chicago Landmark]] on September 15, 1976.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/landmarksweb/web/landmarkdetails.htm?lanId=1246&counter=20 |title=Auditorium Building|work=Commission on Chicago Landmarks|publisher=Chicago Department of Housing and Economic Development, Historic Preservation Division|access-date=December 8, 2011}}</ref> In addition, it is a historic district contributing property for the Chicago Landmark [[Historic Michigan Boulevard District]]. Since 1947, the Auditorium Building has been part of [[Roosevelt University]].