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Chicago Landmark
The Chicago Public Library Cultural Center
Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, architects
1897
This building was the first permanent structure of the city's public library system. Designed to be a grand civic building, its exterior appearance and its interior spaces are based on classical Greek and Italian Renaissance precedents. The library is extensively decorated with mosaics, marbles, bronze, and two stained-glass Tiffany domes.
Designated a Chicago Landmark on November 15, 1976 by the City Council of Chicago, Richard J. Daley, Mayor |