Orchestra Hall - Chicago, IL
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N 41° 52.736 W 087° 37.470
16T E 448182 N 4636522
Completed in 1904, Orchestra Hall is home to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Waymark Code: WM11QPC
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 12/04/2019
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Designed by Daniel Burnham, Orchestra Hall originally cost $750,000.
Some history from the symphony’s website:
For nearly the first fourteen years of its history, the Chicago Orchestra performed at the Auditorium Theatre (completed in 1889). Orchestra Hall—the long-standing dream of Theodore Thomas—was designed by CSO trustee and Chicago architect Daniel H. Burnham and completed in 1904, at a cost of $750,000. The dedicatory concert, led by Thomas, was held on December 14 of that year.
The symmetrical façade of the Hall is of deep pink brick, complemented by white limestone quoins (the wedge-like pieces of stone used as keystones), lintels, and other decorative elements characteristic of the Georgian style. Above the second floor of the façade are inscribed in a limestone band the names of five prominent composers (Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Wagner). The cornice is classical in design and is surmounted by a limestone balustrade that hides the ninth floor (added in 1907), which was until 1995 the home of the Cliff Dwellers.
The high second floor contains the ballroom used for receptions and chamber music concerts; this room is expressed on the exterior by a row of three two- story windows surmounted by Georgian style fanlights. On either side of this row of windows, a smaller window capped by a classical pediment completes the symmetrical arrangement of the second-floor façade.
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