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Chicago Art Deco & Streamline Moderne Buildings (page 1)

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Laramie State Bank
Chicago, IL
The Laramie State Bank was designed by Meyer & Cook and built from 1927-1929. The building features terra cotta details appropriate for a bank: coins, bees, and squirrels. The building has been vacant since 2012. It is now being restored as office and retail space. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

Valentine Chicago Boy's Club
Chicago, IL
The Valentine Chicago Boy's Club was built in 1938. In 1941, the two red cedar totem poles were added to the entrance. The building now houses the Bartlett J. McCartin Boys & Girls Club. For more, see this website. [map]

former Universal Studios Film Exchange
Chicago, IL
>The Universal Studios Film Exchange building was built in 1937. It is located on Film Row, a section of Wabash Avenue which has many Art Deco, former movie industry buildings. This photo is from 2006. By 2011, most of the glass block has been removed. [map]

Manufacturers' Research Institute [gone]
Chicago, IL
The Manufacturers' Research Institute building was designed by Fred C. Foltz and built in 1937. The building was housing Hoof Products by the late 1940s. It last housed A.W. Enterprises before it was demolished in 2025.

Bull Dog Lock Co.
Chicago, IL		 Madonna Della Strada Chapel
Chicago, IL
The Bull Dog Lock Co. building was built around 1947. For more, see this website. [map]

The Madonna Della Strada Chapel was designed by Andrew Rebori and built from 1938-1939. It is located on the campus of Loyola University. The backside of the chapel is shown in the photos above. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. [map]

L. Fish Furniture Co. Building
Chicago, IL
The L. Fish Furniture Co. Building was built in 1931. It was designed by Schmidt, Garden & Erikson. The building now houses the Interstate Blood Bank. [map]

Illinois National Guard Building
Chicago, IL
This Illinois National Guard Building, aka the Northwest Armory, was designed by Perkins, Chatten & Hammond and built in 1940. [map]

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