Rookery Building

Rookery Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Chicago Landmark
The building pictured in 2014
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Location	209 South LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41°52′44.7″N 87°37′55.6″W / 41.879083°N 87.632111°W / 41.879083; -87.632111
Built	1888
Architect	Burnham & Root; Frank Lloyd Wright; William Drummond; et al.
Architectural style	Chicago school with Moorish, Byzantine, Venetian and Romanesque motifs
NRHP reference No.	70000238 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 17, 1970
Designated NHL	May 15, 1975
Designated CL	July 5, 1972

The Rookery Building is a historic office building located at 209 South LaSalle Street in the Chicago Loop. Completed by architects Daniel Burnham and John Wellborn Root of Burnham and Root in 1888, it is considered one of their masterpiece buildings, and was once the location of their offices. The building is 181 feet (55 m) in height, twelve stories tall, and is considered the oldest standing high-rise in Chicago.^[2] It has a unique construction style featuring exterior load-bearing walls and an interior steel frame, providing a transition between accepted and new building techniques.^[2] The lobby was remodeled in 1905 by Frank Lloyd Wright. From 1989 to 1992, the lobby was restored to Wright's design.

The building was designated a Chicago Landmark on July 5, 1972,^[3] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 17, 1970, and listed as a National Historic Landmark on May 15, 1975.^[4]