{"nrhp_refnum":"75000645","name":"Chicago Savings Bank Building","other_names":["Chicago Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7 W. Madison St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.88183049200006,"lon":-87.62844825599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-09-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A fifteen-story commercial office building at 7 West Madison Street in Chicago's Loop, completed in 1905 to designs by the firm of Holabird and Roche.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant mainly for the excellence of its architectural design, which brings together the strongest elements of the mature Chicago School. It is one of the few buildings from the era of commercial expansion that survives in original condition and is still occupied. It also anchors the vista down State Street at the Madison Street intersection.","narrative":"Rising fifteen stories above two basements at State and Madison streets in Chicago's Loop, this office building was completed in 1905 to designs by Holabird and Roche. A steel frame set on rock caissons is clad in reddish brick and unglazed terra cotta. Its facades follow the three-part scheme of the mature Chicago School, with Chicago windows, three projecting bay windows on Madison Street, strengthened corners, recessed spandrels that emphasize the vertical lines, and an original projecting cornice. The marble lobby, brass fittings and marble staircases survive. The nomination values it as a complete, well-balanced example of the firm's work, building on earlier designs such as the Marquette and Old Colony buildings. It is one of few commercial buildings of its period still in original condition and in use. Its position also ends the view down State Street from the north, facing Sullivan's Carson Pirie Scott store.","period_of_significance":"1905","architect_builder":"Holabird and Roche (William Holabird and Martin Roche)","architectural_style":"Commercial (Chicago School)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, well maintained, virtually unchanged apart from some interior floor alterations and replaced elevators, and still used as an office building.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.690359-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/82/8922/28892282/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/75000645.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000645/680434bf8c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000645/680434bf8c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20080703_Chicago_Savings_Bank_Building.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20080703_Chicago_Savings_Bank_Building.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"98001351","name":"Loop Retail Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/loop-retail-historic-district-98001351/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892282","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5095518"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/chicago-savings-bank-building-75000645/"}