The Rookery Building

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historic building office building skyscraper

The Rookery Building is a historic Chicago office building renowned for its Romanesque Revival architecture and a light-filled lobby redesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Rookery Building	5
The Rookery Building canonical	2
The Rookery Building LLC	1
The Rookery Building Limited Partnership	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T593383 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Rookery Building
Context triple: [Loop, hasLandmark, The Rookery Building]

A. Republic Building (Chicago)
The Republic Building in Chicago was a historic early skyscraper designed in the Chicago School style, exemplifying the commercial architecture of the late 19th century.
B. McClurg Building
The McClurg Building is a historic Chicago commercial structure recognized as a significant example of early skyscraper design by the architectural firm Holabird & Roche.
C. Wrigley Building
The Wrigley Building is a historic, white terra-cotta skyscraper in Chicago renowned for its clock tower and prominent position at the gateway to the Magnificent Mile.
D. Fisher Building (Chicago)
The Fisher Building in Chicago is a historic late-19th-century skyscraper renowned for its Gothic Revival terra cotta ornamentation and status as one of the city's early high-rise landmarks.
E. Santa Fe Building (Chicago)
The Santa Fe Building in Chicago is a historic early 20th-century office skyscraper in the Chicago Loop, notable for its Beaux-Arts design and prominent location along Michigan Avenue.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Rookery Building
Target entity description: The Rookery Building is a historic Chicago office building renowned for its Romanesque Revival architecture and a light-filled lobby redesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright.

A. Republic Building (Chicago)
The Republic Building in Chicago was a historic early skyscraper designed in the Chicago School style, exemplifying the commercial architecture of the late 19th century.
B. McClurg Building
The McClurg Building is a historic Chicago commercial structure recognized as a significant example of early skyscraper design by the architectural firm Holabird & Roche.
C. Wrigley Building
The Wrigley Building is a historic, white terra-cotta skyscraper in Chicago renowned for its clock tower and prominent position at the gateway to the Magnificent Mile.
D. Fisher Building (Chicago)
The Fisher Building in Chicago is a historic late-19th-century skyscraper renowned for its Gothic Revival terra cotta ornamentation and status as one of the city's early high-rise landmarks.
E. Santa Fe Building (Chicago)
The Santa Fe Building in Chicago is a historic early 20th-century office skyscraper in the Chicago Loop, notable for its Beaux-Arts design and prominent location along Michigan Avenue.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic building ⓘ office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ
address	209 South LaSalle Street ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Chicago School architecture ⓘ Neo-Romanesque ⓘ surface form: Romanesque Revival
builtFor	Brooks family ⓘ
ChicagoLandmarkDesignationDate	1972 ⓘ
city	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago
completionDate	1888 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developer	Peter Brooks ⓘ Shepard Brooks ⓘ
era	late 19th century architecture ⓘ
floorCount	12 ⓘ
hasAlternateName	The Rookery ⓘ
hasLobbyRedesignBy	Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ
hasPublicTours	yes ⓘ
hasRenovation	extensive restoration in the 1990s ⓘ
height	approximately 181 feet ⓘ
historicDesignation	Chicago Landmark ⓘ National Historic Landmark ⓘ
influencedBy	Richardsonian Romanesque ⓘ
lobbyRedesignDate	1905 ⓘ
location	City of Chicago ⓘ surface form: Chicago Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
neighborhood	Chicago Loop ⓘ
NHLDesignationDate	1975 ⓘ
notableFeature	glass-covered light court ⓘ grand staircase ⓘ light-filled central atrium ⓘ ornate ironwork ⓘ
NRHPListingDate	1970 ⓘ
originalArchitect	Daniel Burnham ⓘ surface form: Daniel H. Burnham John Wellborn Root ⓘ
owner	The Rookery Building self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Rookery Building Limited Partnership
partOf	Chicago Loop ⓘ surface form: LaSalle Street financial district
referenceNumberNRHP	70000233 ⓘ
significance	important example of early commercial skyscraper design ⓘ one of the oldest standing high-rises in Chicago ⓘ
startDate	1885 ⓘ
structuralSystem	internal iron frame ⓘ load-bearing masonry walls ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
use	commercial offices ⓘ

How these facts were elicited