List of Art Deco architecture in Illinois

This is a list of buildings that are examples of the Art Deco architectural style in Illinois, United States.

Aurora

• Aurora Elks Lodge No. 705, Aurora, 1926
• Fox River Pavilion, Aurora, 1932
• Paramount Theatre, Aurora, 1931

Belvidere

• Auburn Theatre, Belvidere, 1942
• Community Building, Belvidere
• Old Belvidere High School Auditorium, Belvidere, 1938

Mr. Robert Silhan House, Berwyn

Berwyn

• Berwyn Health Center, Berwyn, 1939
• Berwyn Municipal Building, Berwyn, 1939
• Berwyn State Bank Building, Berwyn, 1929
• Mr. Robert Silhan House, Berwyn, 1937

Champaign

• Champaign Central High School, Champaign, 1956
• Champaign City Building, Champaign, 1937
• Christie Clinic, Champaign, 1929
• Illinois National Guard Building, Champaign

The Fireside Bowl, Chicago

One North LaSalle Building, Chicago

Reebie Storage Warehouse, Chicago

William E. Dever Crib, Chicago

Chicago

• 33 North LaSalle, Chicago, 1930
• 333 North Michigan, Chicago, 1928
• 3640 North Halsted Street, Lakeview Historic District, Chicago
• 4936 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago, 1939
• 6422 North Western Avenue, Chicago, 1920s
• A. W. Enterprises, Inc., Chicago, 1940s
• Adler Planetarium, Chicago, 1930
• Belle Shore Apartment Hotel, Chicago, 1929
• Belmont-Sheffield Trust and Savings Bank Building, Chicago, 1928
• Buckingham Building, Chicago, 1930
• Bull Dog Lock Co., Chicago, 1947
• Carbide and Carbon Building, Chicago, 1929
• Carl Street Studios, West Burton Place Historic District, Chicago, 1927
• Century Tower, Chicago, 1930
• Chicago Beach Apartments, Chicago, 1929
• Chicago Bee Building, South Side, Chicago, 1926
• Chicago Board of Trade Building, Chicago, 1930
• Chicago Evening Post Building, West Loop–LaSalle Street Historic District, Chicago, 1928
• Chicago Federation of Musicians Building, West Loop–LaSalle Street Historic District, Chicago, 1933, 1949
• Civic Opera House, Chicago, 1929
• Clark Adams Building, Chicago, 1927
• Edward P. Russell House, Chicago, 1929
• Engineering Building, 205 West Wacker Drive, West Loop–LaSalle Street Historic District, Chicago, 1928
• Field Building, Chicago, 1928–1934
• The Fireside Bowl, Chicago, 1941
• First Church of Deliverance, Chicago, 1929
• Foreman State National Bank Building, 33 North LaSalle, West Loop–LaSalle Street Historic District, Chicago, 1930
• Frank Fisher Apartments, Chicago, 1936
• Gramercy Row Apartments, Chicago
• Grein Funeral Directors Building, Chicago, 1931
• Illinois National Guard Building, Chicago, 1940
• Nederlander Theatre, Chicago, 1926
• Jeffery Terrace Apartments, Chicago, 1929
• L. Fish Furniture Co., Chicago, 1931
• Laramie State Bank Building, Chicago, 1929
• LaSalle–Wacker Building, Chicago, 1930
• Madonna Della Strada Chapel, Loyola University Chicago, Rogers Park, Chicago, 1939
• Mark Twain Hotel, Chicago, 1930
• McGraw–Hill Building façade, Chicago, 1929
• Merchandise Mart, Chicago, 1930
• Morton Building, 208 West Washington, West Loop–LaSalle Street Historic District, Chicago, 1927
• Mundelein College, Chicago, 1930
• The Narragansett, Kenwood, Chicago, 1928
• New Bismark Hotel (now Hotel Allegro), 71 West Randolph Street, Chicago, 1926
• Northwest Tower, Chicago, 1928
• One North LaSalle Building, Chicago, 1930
• Outer Drive Bridge, Chicago, 1937
• Palmolive Building, Chicago, 1929
• Paul J. Quetschke & Co., Chicago, 1940s
• Polish National Alliance Headquarters, West Town, Chicago, 1938
• Powhatan Apartments, Chicago, 1929
• Produce Terminal Cold Storage Company Building, Near West Side, Chicago, 1929
• Rosenwald Court Apartments, Bronzeville, Chicago, 1929
• Reebie Storage Warehouse, Chicago, 1922
• Riverside Plaza, Chicago, 1929
• St. Wenceslaus Church, Chicago, 1941
• Sears Department Store, Irving Park, Chicago, 1938
• Spiegel Office Building, Bridgeport, Chicago, 1937
• Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Co., Central Manufacturing District–Original East Historic District, Chicago, 1928
• Theophil Studios, Chicago, 1940
• Transparent Package Company, Central Manufacturing District–Original East Historic District, Chicago, 1940s
• Union Park Hotel, Chicago, 1930
• Universal Studios Film Exchange, Chicago, 1937
• Valentine Chicago Boy's Club, Chicago, 1938
• Victor F. Lawson House YMCA, Chicago, 1934
• Wacker Tower, Chicago, 1928
• Wholesale Florists Exchange, Near West Side, Chicago, 1927
• William E. Dever Crib, Chicago
• Willoughby Tower, Chicago, 1929
• Windsor Beach Apartments, South Shore, Chicago, 1928

Elgin Tower Building, Elgin

Elgin

• Bowlway Lanes, Elgin, 1942
• Elgin Tower Building (former Home Banks Building), Elgin, 1929
• Evolution Motors (former Castle Auto Sales), Elgin, 1920s
• Illinois National Guard Building, Elgin
• Salvation Army, Elgin, 1930

Monmouth

• Maple City Dairy, Monmouth Courthouse Commercial Historic District, Monmouth, 1935
• Rivoli Theatre, Monmouth, 1920s, 1930
• Woolworth's Building, Monmouth Courthouse Commercial Historic District, Monmouth, 1939

Lake Theater, Oak Park

Oak Park

• Forsyth Building, Oak Park, 1929
• Lake Theater, Oak Park, 1936
• Marshall Field and Company Store, Oak Park, 1928
• Medical Arts Building, Oak Park, 1929

Quincy

• 116 North 5th, Quincy
• 606 Maine, Quincy
• Coca-Cola Bottling Company Building, Quincy, 1940
• Gardner Memorial Boy Scout Service Center (former Chatten House), Quincy, 1940
• Kresge's, 530 Maine Street, Quincy
• Lincoln-Douglas Apartments, Quincy, 1930
• State Theater, Quincy, 1938

Rockford Morning Star Building, Rockford

Rockford

• 3603 Highcrest Road, Rockford, 1949
• Central Illinois Gas & Electric Building, 303 North Main, Rockford, 1929
• Four Squires Building (former W.T. Grant Building), Rockford, 1920s
• Illinois Bank & Trust Building, Rockford
• Illinois National Guard Armory, Rockford, 1937
• J.C. Penney Building, West Downtown Rockford Historic District, Rockford
• Jackson Piano Building/Liebling Building, Rockford, 1927
• Porter's Corner, West Downtown Rockford Historic District, Rockford, 1929
• Rockford East High School, Rockford, 1940
• Rockford Morning Star Building, Rockford, 1928
• Rockford Public Library, Nordlof Center (former S. H. Kress & Co. Building), Rockford
• Rockford West High School, Rockford, 1939
• Security Building, Co., Rockford, 1920s
• Times Theatre, Rockford, 1938

Urbana

• Cinema Gallery (former Cinema Theater), Urbana, 1915 and 1934
• Illinois National Guard Building, Urbana
• James McLaren White's Chemistry Annex Building, Noyes Laboratory of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 1930

Other cities

• Apollo Theatre, Princeton, 1882 and 1940s
• Ariston Cafe, Litchfield, 1935
• Arlee Theater, Mason City, 1936
• Bloom High School, Chicago Heights, 1931–1934
• Campana Factory, Batavia, 1937
• Daily Times Building, Ottawa, 1939
• Du Quoin State Fairgrounds, Du Quoin, 1923
• Egyptian Theatre, DeKalb, 1929
• Fort Armstrong Theatre, Rock Island, 1920
• Fox Theatre, Centralia Commercial Historic District, Centralia, 1930
• Griesheim Building (former Kresge's), Lincoln, 1932
• Haish Memorial Library, DeKalb, 1930
• Health Education Building, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, 1938
• Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Bloomington, 1934
• Hotel Belleville, Belleville, 1931
• Illinois Building, Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield
• Illinois National Guard Building, Cairo, 1932
• Illinois National Guard Building, Pontiac, 1939
• Independent Order of Odd Fellows Meeting Hall, Centralia Commercial Historic District, Centralia, 1932
• Institute for Food Safety and Health, Illinois Institute of Technology, Bedford Park, 1948–49
• Joliet Regional Airport, Joliet, 1930
• Liberty Theater, Murphysboro, 1913 and 1938
• Marcucci Building, Lincoln, 1930
• Marion Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Marion, 1941
• Masonic Hall Harmony Lodge No. 3, Jacksonville, 1930s
• Masonic Temple, Danville, 1916
• Masonic Temple, Decatur, 1924
• Meredith Memorial Home (former Belleville Hotel), Belleville
• Naval Air Station Glenview Air Tower, Glenview, 1923
• New Clark Theatre, Barry, 1939
• Normal Theater, Normal, 1937
• North Shore Sanitary District Tower, Highland Park, 1931
• Paramount Theatre, Kankakee, 1931
• Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, 1928
• Riverside Park Bandshell, Murphysboro, 1939
• St. Charles Municipal Building, St. Charles, 1940
• Sandoval Community High School, Sandoval
• South Town Theatre, Springfield, 1915 and 1937
• State Farm Downtown Building, Bloomington, 1929
• Sterling Daily Gazette Building, Sterling, 1935
• Sycamore State Theater (former Fargo Theater), Sycamore, 1925
• Ulmer Jewelers, Harvard, 1930s
• United States Post Office, Marshall Business Historic District, Marshall, 1936
• United States Post Office and Courthouse, Peoria, 1938
• Varsity Center for the Arts, Carbondale, 1940 and 1981
• Washington Elementary School, Jacksonville, 1932
• Will Rogers Theatre, Charleston, 1935–1938
• York Theater, Elmhurst, 1924
• Zoe Theatre, Pittsfield, 1950

See also

• List of Art Deco architecture
• List of Art Deco architecture in the United States

References

• "Art Deco & Streamline Moderne Buildings." Roadside Architecture.com. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
• Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 2022-09-06
• "Court House Lover". Flickr. Retrieved 2022-09-06
• "New Deal Map". The Living New Deal. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
• "SAH Archipedia". Society of Architectural Historians. Retrieved 2021-11-21.

External links

• Media related to Art Deco architecture in Illinois at Wikimedia Commons