Chicago Walking Tour: Historic Skyscrapers
- Live Guide
- Instant Confirmation
- Group Tour
- E-Ticket
- 1.5 hr
Chicago is home to some of the world’s earliest skyscrapers. Get an up-close look at these 19th Century marvels, learn about innovations used to build them and discover how they transformed Chicago into a center of skyscraper design and engineering. Highlights on this walking tour include Burnham and Root’s Rookery (1888), a transitional building with a Moorish and Romanesque exterior and a stunning interior atrium re-designed by Frank Lloyd Wright; Adler and Sullivan’s Auditorium Building (1889), a masterpiece of acoustical and structural engineering; and Holabird and Roche’s Marquette Building (1895), an outstanding example of the metal frame expression with traditional details and decorations. As a certified nonprofit, all CAC ticket purchases directly support our education efforts and community engagement projects.
Itinerary Details
Operated by: Chicago Architecture Center
Stop At:
Meet here to start the tour.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At:
View the building from the outside
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: The Rookery Building
View the building from the outside
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Chicago Board of Trade Building
View the exterior of the building
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Marquette Building
View the building from the outside
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Monadnock Building
View the exterior of the building
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At:
This building is not directly part of the tour, however, the tour ticket includes admission to the galleries at the Chicago Architecture Center
Duration: 1 minutes
