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1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60616

(800) 657-0687

Historical Place Near Friends of Historic Second Church

Glessner House Museum
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
1800 S Prairie Ave
Chicago, IL 60616

(312) 326-1480

Chicago Stock Exchange
Distance: 1.4 mi Competitive Analysis
440 S La Salle St
Chicago, IL 60605

(312) 786-8803

The Chicago Stock Exchange is a stock exchange in Chicago, Illinois. The exchange is a national securities exchange and Self-Regulatory Organization, which operates under the oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission . The Chicago Stock Exchange is currently located at 440 South LaSalle Street .HistoryThe Chicago Stock Exchange was founded in a formal meeting on March 21, 1882. At this time, Charles Henrotin was elected the chairman and president. In April that year, a lease was taken out at 115 Dearborn Street for the location of the exchange and during that year 750 memberships were sold.On May 15, 1882, the Chicago Stock Exchange officially became public and opened its offices, with Henrotin being the first to promote it along with some business associates.The exchange began to flourish significantly in the late 1880s, with the rate of transactions of stocks and bonds increasing and earning them big profits.In 1894, the Chicago Stock Exchange moved its trading floor to the old Chicago Stock Exchange building, designed by the firm of Adler & Sullivan, which was located at corner of Washington and LaSalle streets. The old Chicago Stock Exchange building was demolished in 1972, but the original trading floor and main entrance can now be found at the Art Institute of Chicago.In July 1914, the Exchange closed as a result of World War I, and remained closed until December 11. In October 1915, the basis of quoting and trading in stocks changed from percent to par value to dollars. On April 26, 1920, the Chicago Stock Exchange Stock Clearing Corporation was established. On October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed, resulting in a very difficult time period for the Chicago Stock Exchange, and the stock market in general.

Chess Records
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
2120 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60616

(312) 808-1286

Dearborn Station
Distance: 1.1 mi Competitive Analysis
806 S Plymouth Ct
Chicago, IL 60605

(312) 554-8100

Dearborn Station was the oldest of the six intercity train stations serving downtown Chicago, Illinois. It currently serves as office and retail space. Located at Dearborn and Polk Streets, the station was owned by the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad, which itself was owned by the companies operating over its line.

Special Events at The Field Museum
Distance: 0.8 mi Competitive Analysis
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago, IL 60605

(312) 665-7600

Henry B. Clarke House
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
1827 S Indiana Ave
Chicago, IL 60616

The Henry B. Clarke House is a Greek Revival style house in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Henry Brown Clarke was a native of New York State who had come to Chicago in 1833 with his wife, Caroline Palmer Clarke, and his family. He entered into the hardware business with William Jones and Byram King, establishing King, Jones and Company, and provided building materials to the growing Chicago populace. The house was built in circa 1836 by a local contractor, probably John Rye, who later married the Clarkes' housemaid, Betsy.Originally built near Michigan Avenue and 17th Street, it has been moved twice, most recently in 1977 to Indiana Avenue and 18th Street, near its original location. Its current location in a park and gardens is part of the Prairie Avenue Historic District in the Near South Side community area and the house is now a museum.Oldest surviving house in ChicagoClarke House may have been modeled on the home of William B. Ogden. The Clarke house is often described as the oldest surviving house in Chicago, although part of the Noble-Seymour-Crippen House in the Norwood Park neighborhood was built in 1833. (However, Norwood Park was not annexed to Chicago until 1893.) The Clarke House was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 14, 1970. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 6, 1971.

R.R. Donnelley and Sons Co. Calumet Plant
Distance: 0.4 mi Competitive Analysis
350 E 22nd St
Chicago, IL 60616

The R.R Donnelley Printing Plant, sometimes known as the The Calumet Plant or the Lakeside Plant and now known as the Lakeside Technology Center, was built between 1912 and 1929 to house the operations of the RR Donnelley printing company. The building supported printing operations for the company and was the Donnelley headquarters until 1991 when they moved the headquarters to 77 West Wacker. In 1993, the plant was closed after the discontinuation by Sears, Roebuck and Co. of its mail-order catalog, which had been the last major account printed there. In 1999 the building was retrofitted and is currently owned by Digital Realty Trust operating as a carrier hotel or data center. The newly outfitted building was the first and largest planned carrier hotel in the United States.The building was designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw to be a fireproof design of poured reinforced concrete columns and an open-shell concrete floor. Although considered to be expensive by the standards of that time, T.E. Donnelley agreed that the support would be needed for the many tons of paper they used and large presses they operated. Supported by 4,675 steel-reinforced concrete columns, this type of construction not only served the Donnelly well, it also provided the perfect infrastructure for future tenants. To further the building’s support structure, reinforcing bars, normally laid perpendicular, were laid at various angles enabling the floors to bear loads of at least 250 pounds per square foot.

Wheeler-Kohn House
Distance: 0.3 mi Competitive Analysis
2018 S Calumet Ave
Chicago, IL 60616

(312) 945-2020

The Wheeler-Kohn House is a Queen Anne and Second Empire Style house in the Near South Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1870 by Otis L. Wheelock for Calvin Wheeler.It was designated a Chicago Landmark on February 5, 1998, and it was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1999. The house currently serves as one of Chicago's few intimate bed and breakfast hotels, operating as the Wheeler Mansion.

Coca-Cola Building (Chicago)
Distance: 0.6 mi Competitive Analysis
1322--1336 S. Wabash Ave.
Chicago, IL 60605

The Coca-Cola Building is a building located at 1322 - 1336 S. Wabash Ave. in the Near South Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, which once served as the Chicago headquarters of The Coca-Cola Company. The building was designed by Frank Abbott in the Commercial style and built from 1903 to 1904. When it opened, the building was eight stories high; two additional stories were added in 1913. The building features limestone with iron ornaments on its first two stories; a cornice with a terra cotta fretwork pattern at the top separates the second and third floors. The top of the building features a terra cotta frieze and a cornice with decorative patterns. The Coca-Cola Company operated out of the building from 1904 until 1928; the building was the company's second office outside of Atlanta. The building was the only Coca-Cola syrup manufacturing plant in the Midwest until 1915; it is now the only surviving Coca-Cola plant from before World War II outside of Atlanta.The Coca-Cola Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 22, 1991.

Camp Douglas Restoration Foundation
Distance: 1.4 mi Competitive Analysis
3200 S Calumet Ave
Chicago, IL 60616

(312) 751-1693

Dedicated to the development and operation of interpretive and educational facilities relating to the Civil War military instillation Camp Douglas, IL.

Schoenhofen Brewery Historic District
Distance: 0.8 mi Competitive Analysis
Roughly bounded by 16th, 18th, Canal, and Clinton Sts.
Chicago, IL

The Schoenhofen Brewery Historic District is centered on the former site of the Peter Schoenhofen Brewing Company at 18th and Canalport Avenue in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Photo of the building Schoenhofen BrewingBeginning in the mid-1880s, Peter Schoenhofen was among a group of brewers in Chicago who transformed production methods and utilized expanding transportation options. By 1900, there were sixty Chicago breweries that collectively produced over 100 million gallons of beer per year. The Schoenhofen brewery building survived prohibition and competition from national brands. Breweries, food factories, and stockyards dotted the Chicago area by the mid-20th century. The Schoenhofen Brewery was typical of the region, although enterprises were not located in the city center, but along the new rail lines. No mention is made of the artesian springs as the source of the Brewery's water supply "In the basement of the old brewery building is the only artesian well still in existence in the Chicago area. At 1600 feet deep the well is capable of producing one million gallons of water a day for the next 100 years." ( 2000 ) OverviewSeventeen buildings once occupied the site when the brewery reached maximum capacity in 1910 at 1,200,000 barrels a year. Two of the remaining buildings demonstrate the change in architectural styles that occurred at the turn of the century in the United States. The brewery's administration building was constructed in 1886, with ornate designs of the late-Victorian era. The powerhouse, constructed in 1902, is an example of second-generation "Chicago School" architectural style, with ornamental brickwork at the columns between windows, and simplified brickwork at the window piers and the piers and spandrels.

Crane Company Building
Distance: 1.0 mi Competitive Analysis
836 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60605

The Crane Company Building is a skyscraper located at 836 S. Michigan Ave. in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The twelve-story building was designed by Holabird & Roche and built in 1912. The steel frame skyscraper was designed in the Classical Revival style, and its exterior design is split into three sections. The first and second floors are faced in limestone and feature piers supporting a cornice; the third floor is also covered in limestone. The fourth through eleventh floors are constructed in red brick; windows on these floors feature terra cotta keystones and sills, and the eleventh floor is capped by a terra cotta cornice. The twelfth floor is decorated in terra cotta panels which incorporate Crane Company valves in their design; this floor is also topped by a cornice.The building originally housed offices for the Crane Company, which manufactured plumbing and heating equipment. The Crane Company played a significant role in both the Chicago economy, where it was a major employer of industrial workers, and the national manufacturing landscape, where it was considered "the United States' leading manufacturer" of iron and brass plumbing and heating fixtures. Due to the demolition of the Crane Company's factories and its early leaders' homes, the Crane Company Building is now the most significant landmark in Chicago associated with the company. After the Crane Company left the building in 1960, it was converted to a residential property.

Sydney Kent House
Distance: 1.1 mi Competitive Analysis
2944 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60616

(312) 342-5432

The Kent House, also known as Sydney Kent House or St. James Convent, is a Queen Anne style house located at 2944 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1883 by Burnham & Root for Sidney A. Kent. From 1896 to 1906, it was the home of barbed-wire industrialist and robber baron John Warne Gates, better known as "Bet-a-Million" Gates for his gambling excesses.In the early 20th century, it served as the main building for what is today, National-Louis University.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, and it was designated a Chicago Landmark on March 18, 1987.

Roloson Houses
Distance: 1.4 mi Competitive Analysis
3213 S Calumet Ave # 3219
Chicago, IL 60616

The Roloson Houses, also known as Robert Roloson Houses, are houses in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1894 by Frank Lloyd Wright for Robert W. Roloson.They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. They were designated a Chicago Landmark on December 27, 1979.

Harriet F. Rees House
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
2110 S Prairie Ave
Chicago, IL 60616

The Harriet F. Rees House (1888) is a historic residence in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Located on the historically important South Prairie Avenue, the Rees house was built for the widow of a real estate developer. In 2014, the house and its coach house were moved a block north in the Prairie Avenue District to make way for expanded entertainment facilities near McCormick Place.HistoryResidential development on the Near South Side of Chicago began in the 1850s in response to newly-constructed rail lines. Prairie Avenue became one of the most desirable areas to live in the city, hosting millionaires such as Marshall Field and George Pullman. Harriet Frances (Butler) Rees, a native of Connecticut, was the widow of real estate developer James H. Rees.James H. Rees became the city surveyor in 1836, then worked as a clerk and draftsman for former Mayor of Chicago William B. Ogden starting in 1839. He married Harriet F. Butler on June 4, 1844. Rees started his own real estate business with law clerk Edward R. Rucker in 1847. The firm was particularly noted for their introduction of abstracts of title. In 1852, Rees partnered with Samuel B. Chase to purchase of Lake View Township, just north of the city. Rees left the abstract business later that year to focus on real estate.

Lakeside Press Building
Distance: 1.2 mi Competitive Analysis
731 S Plymouth Ct
Chicago, IL 60605

(312) 786-1188

The Lakeside Press Building is a historic commercial building located at 731 S. Plymouth Ct. in downtown Chicago, Illinois. The building served as a showroom, office, and printing press for the Lakeside Press. The building was built in two stages; the southern half was completed in 1897, while the northern half was finished in 1901. Architect Howard Van Doren Shaw designed the building, his first design of a commercial building. Shaw's design features limestone quoins, piers, and decorations, curtain walls with cast iron spandrels on the floors housing the printing presses, and a projecting cornice.The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 23, 1976.The building is now used as student housing for Columbia College and is not open for tours or visitors.

Renaissance Blackstone Hotel
Distance: 1.2 mi Competitive Analysis
80 E Balbo Dr
Chicago, IL

The Renaissance Blackstone Hotel is located on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Balbo Street in the Michigan Boulevard Historic District in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. This 290-foot 21-story hotel was built from 1908 to 1910 and designed by Marshall and Fox. On May 29, 1998, the Blackstone Hotel was designated as a Chicago Landmark. The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1986. It is also a historic district contributing property for the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District. The hotel was named for Timothy Blackstone, a notable Chicago business executive and politician, who served as the founding president of the Union Stock Yards, president of the Chicago and Alton Railroad, and mayor of La Salle, Illinois. The hotel is famous for hosting celebrity guests including numerous U.S. presidents, for which it was known as the \"Hotel of Presidents\" for much of the 20th century. The hotel is known for contributing the term \"smoke-filled room\" to political parlance. The hotel fell into disrepair that necessitated closure in 2000 and subsequent renovation.

Henry B. Clarke House
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
1827 S Indiana Ave
Chicago, IL

The Henry B. Clarke House is a Greek Revival style house in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Henry Brown Clarke was a native of New York State who had come to Chicago in 1833 with his wife, Caroline Palmer Clarke, and his family. He entered into the hardware business with William Jones and Byram King, establishing King, Jones and Company, and provided building materials to the growing Chicago populace. The house was built in circa 1836 by a local contractor, probably John Rye, who later married the Clarkes' housemaid, Betsy. Originally built near Michigan Avenue and 17th Street, it has been moved twice, most recently in 1977 to Indiana Avenue and 18th Street, near its original location. Its current location in a park and gardens is part of the Prairie Avenue Historic District in the Near South Side community area and the house is now a museum.

Adler Planetarium
Distance: 1.2 mi Competitive Analysis
1300 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago, IL 60605

(312) 922-7827

The Adler Planetarium is a public museum dedicated to the study of astronomy and astrophysics. It was founded in 1930 by Chicago business leader, Max Adler. It is located on the northeast tip of Northerly Island at the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois. The Adler is America's first planetarium and part of Chicago's Museum Campus, which includes the John G. Shedd Aquarium and The Field Museum. The Adler's mission is to inspire exploration and understanding of the Universe. The Adler Planetarium opened to the public on May 12, 1930. For its design, architect Ernest A. Grunsfeld, Jr. was awarded the gold medal of the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1931. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987. The Adler is home to three full size theaters, extensive space science exhibitions, and a significant collection of antique scientific instruments and print materials. In addition, the Adler boasts the Doane Observatory, one of the only research-active, public urban observatories. This lakeside observatory is the only place in Chicago where the public can see planets, stars, and galaxies up-close and in person.

Second Presbyterian Church
Distance: 0.0 mi Competitive Analysis
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL

Second Presbyterian Church is a landmark Gothic Revival church located on South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some of Chicago’s most prominent families attended this church. It is renowned for its interior, completely redone in the Arts and Crafts style after a disastrous fire in 1900. The sanctuary is one of America’s best examples of an unaltered Arts and Crafts church interior, fully embodying that movement’s principles of simplicity, hand craftsmanship, and unity of design. It also boasts nine imposing Tiffany windows. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and later designated a Chicago Landmark on September 28, 1977. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in March 2013.

Non-Profit Organization Near Friends of Historic Second Church

Artists For Harmony
Distance: 0.0 mi Competitive Analysis
1918 S Michigan Ave, Apt 408
Chicago, IL 60616

The Historymakers
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1900 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60616

(312) 674-1900

The HistoryMakers
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1900 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60616

(312) 674-1900

Chicago Artistic Alliance I
Distance: 0.1 mi Competitive Analysis
2010 S Wabash Ave
Chicago, IL 60616

Chicago Women's Park and Gardens Advisory Council
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
1801 S Indiana Ave
Chicago, IL 60616

(312) 328-0821

To provide the community and patrons a vehicle through which information and feedback regarding operation and improvement of both the Chicago Women’s Park and Gardens park and Field House, including: * Park programming offerings, quality, and balance for all users * Park maintenance deficiencies and opportunities * Park capital improvements, beautification, and public art opportunities * Park operational resources including staffing, equipment, and operation budget * Concession operation, feedback, improvements or proposed changes * Opportunities for special events, open houses, movies, fairs, and holiday parties * Advocate for the development of partnership programming and community activities such as garden clubs & walks, movies, youth programs, and senior events

Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven Foundation
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
2120 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60616

(312) 808-1286

Metropolitan Tenants Organization
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
1727 S Indiana Ave, # 3G
Chicago, IL 60616

(773) 292-4988

Glessner House Museum
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
1800 S Prairie Ave
Chicago, IL 60616

(312) 326-1480

LINK Unlimited Scholars
Distance: 0.3 mi Competitive Analysis
2221 S State St
Chicago, IL 60616-3894

(312) 225-5465

LINK Unlimited Scholars provides economically disadvantaged youth with the mentors, resources and tools as they advance, into, through and beyond college. Annually, 600 high school and collegiate scholars receives comprehensive resources and rigorous support services required to shape high potential youth from under served neighborhoods into academic achievers and life-long learners.

LawPact - An International Association of Independent Business Law Firms
Distance: 0.3 mi Competitive Analysis
1901 S Calumet Ave, Ste 709
Chicago, IL 60616

(312) 928-9389

LINK Unlimited Scholars Associate Board
Distance: 0.3 mi Competitive Analysis
2221 S State St
Chicago, IL 60616

(312) 225-5465

Amoda Life
Distance: 0.3 mi Competitive Analysis
1901 S Calumet #2311
Chicago, IL 60616

(312) 678-8016

Friends of NTA
Distance: 0.3 mi Competitive Analysis
55 W Cermak Rd
Chicago, IL 60616

(773) 680-6531

The Friends of NTA is a 501(c)(3) organization that raises funds to support the students and teachers at National Teachers Academy, a Chicago Public School. National Teachers Academy ("NTA") is located at 55 West Cermak in the far south loop. The children at NTA need support from the community. An overwhelming majority of students, 90.6%, are from low-income households and 7.0% of students are homeless. http://schools.chicagotribune.com/school/national-teachers-elementary-academy_chicago

Pui Tak Center
Distance: 0.5 mi Competitive Analysis
2216 S Wentworth Ave
Chicago, IL 60616

(312) 328-1188

The Pui Tak Center, formerly known as the On Leong Merchants Association Building, is a building located in Chicago's Chinatown. Designed by architects Christian S. Michaelsen and Sigurd A. Rognstad, the building was built for the On Leong Merchants Association and opened in 1928. The Association used it as an immigrant assistance center, and the building was informally referred to as Chinatown's "city hall". In 1988, the FBI and Chicago Police raided the building as part of a racketeering investigation. The US federal government seized the building that same year.The building was purchased by the Chinese Christian Union Church (CCUC) for $1.4 million and renamed the Pui Tak Center in 1993. That same year, the On Leong Merchants Association Building was designated a Chicago landmark by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks. The CCUC spent $1 million raised from community donations to renovate and update the building's neglected interior. The newly named Pai Tak Center now hosts various religious, community, and educational programs, such as English-as-a-Second-Language courses (ESL).In 2007, the Pui Tak Center won a $100,000 grant from the Partners in Preservation, a program sponsored by American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In preparation for the restoration work, the structural and architectural engineering firm Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates completed an evaluation of the building's eastern and southern facades, focusing on its terra cotta portions. Restoration work began in spring 2009 and is scheduled for completion in early 2010. Fully restoring the building's exterior terra cotta pieces and clay roof tiles is the first step in a long-range $2 million repair plan.

PEI Convention at the NACS Show
Distance: 0.5 mi Competitive Analysis
2301 S King Dr.
Chicago, IL 60616

(918) 494-9696

PEI holds its annual convention in conjunction with the NACS Show. The NACS Show is divided into five main product areas. PEI has partnered with NACS to assist with the Fuel Equipment & Services area. This is truly the event of the year for our industry. It's the BEST place to learn more about the industry--on the trade show floor, in education sessions and events, and by networking with peers.

International Manufacturing Technology Show
Distance: 0.5 mi Competitive Analysis
2301 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago, IL 60616

(703) 893-2900

Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Distance: 0.5 mi Competitive Analysis
820 Jorie Blvd
Oak Brook, IL 60523

(800) 381-6660

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA®) is an international society of radiologists, medical physicists and other medical professionals with more than 51,000 members from 136 countries across the globe. RSNA hosts the world’s premier radiology forum, drawing approximately 55,000 attendees annually to McCormick Place in Chicago, and publishes two top peer-reviewed journals: Radiology, the highest-impact scientific journal in the field, and RadioGraphics, the only journal dedicated to continuing education in radiology. Through its educational resources, RSNA provides hundreds of thousands of continuing education credits toward physicians' maintenance of certification—more than one million CME certificates have been awarded since 2000. The Society also develops and offers informatics-based software solutions in support of a universal electronic health record, sponsors research to advance quantitative imaging biomarkers, and conducts outreach to enhance education in developing nations. Through its Research & Education (R&E) Foundation, RSNA provides millions of dollars in funding to young investigators, helping to build the future of the profession.

Israel Idonije Foundation
Distance: 0.5 mi Competitive Analysis
1420 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60605

(312) 624-7714

Project: VISION
Distance: 0.5 mi Competitive Analysis
236 W. 22nd Place, Unit 1
Chicago, IL 60616

(312) 808-1898