Chicago Athletic Association Building

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The Chicago Athletic Association Building is a historic Venetian Gothic-style landmark on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, originally built in the 1890s as an exclusive private athletic and social club and now repurposed as a boutique hotel.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf clubhouse
historic building
landmark
architect Henry Ives Cobb
architecturalStyle Venetian Gothic
architecturalStyleDetail Venetian Gothic Revival
city Chicago
constructionStart 1890
country United States
currentFunction boutique hotel
developerForHotelConversion AJ Capital Partners
façadeFeature pointed arches
terra cotta ornamentation
tracery windows
floorCount 8
hasInteriorFeature athletic facilities
ballroom
game rooms
grand staircase
wood-paneled halls
hasUse bars
event spaces
restaurants
heritageStatus Chicago Landmark
historicUse gentlemen's club
hotelBrand Unbound Collection by Hyatt
hotelOperator Hyatt Hotels Corporation
inception 1893
landmarkDesignationBy City of Chicago
landmarkDesignationLevel local landmark
locatedOn Michigan Avenue
location Chicago, Illinois, United States
material brick
limestone
nearbyStreet East Madison Street
linked to: Madison Street
occupant Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
openingDate 1893
originalFunction private athletic club
social club
originalOccupant Chicago Athletic Association
overlooks Grant Park
Millennium Park
partOf Chicago Landmark District along Michigan Avenue
renovation 2012–2015 adaptive reuse
reopenedAsHotel 2015
roofFeature ornamental cornice
state Illinois

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Henry Ives Cobb notableWork Chicago Athletic Association Building
Henry Ives Cobb designed Chicago Athletic Association Building
Historic Michigan Boulevard District hasBuilding The Chicago Athletic Association Building
linked to: Chicago Athletic Association Building