Symphony Center

Symphony Center
	Orchestra Hall (2021)
Address	220 S. Michigan Ave.
Location	Chicago, Illinois
Owner	Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association
Type	Concert hall
Capacity	Orchestra Hall: 2,522; Armour Stage: 150; Grainger Ballroom: 300; The Club at Symphony Center: 120; Buntrock Hall: 350
Construction
Built	1904
Opened	December 14, 1904
Website
	cso.org
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
Coordinates	41°52′45″N 87°37′30″W / 41.87917°N 87.62500°W
Architect	Daniel Burnham
NRHP reference No.	78001127
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 21, 1978
Designated NHL	April 19, 1994

Symphony Center is a music complex located at 220 South Michigan Avenue in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois. Home to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO); Chicago Symphony Chorus; Civic Orchestra of Chicago; and the Institute for Learning, Access, and Training; Symphony Center includes the 2,522-seat Orchestra Hall, which dates from 1904; Buntrock Hall, a rehearsal and performance space named for the CSO trustee and benefactor Dean L. Buntrock; Grainger Ballroom, an event space overlooking Michigan Avenue and the Art Institute of Chicago; a public multi-story rotunda; Forte, a restaurant and café; and administrative offices. In June 1993, plans to significantly renovate and expand Orchestra Hall were approved and the $110 million project resulting in Symphony Center, completed in 1997.

Designed by architect Daniel Burnham, Orchestra Hall was designated a National Historic Landmark on April 19, 1994.^[1] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978.

^ ^a ^b ^c Orchestra Hall Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, NHL Database, National Historic Landmarks Program. Retrieved 10 February 2007.
^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Orchestra Hall". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2008-07-20.

[nhl-1] Orchestra Hall Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, NHL Database, National Historic Landmarks Program. Retrieved 10 February 2007.

[nris-2] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nhlsum-3] "Orchestra Hall". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2008-07-20.

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