List of Art Deco architecture in Illinois

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This is a list of buildings that are examples of the Art Deco architectural style in Illinois, United States.

Aurora

Belvidere

Auburn Theatre, Belvidere, 1942
Community Building, Belvidere
Old Belvidere High School Auditorium, Belvidere, 1938

Berwyn

Berwyn Health Center, Berwyn, 1939
Berwyn Municipal Building, Berwyn, 1939
Berwyn State Bank Building, Berwyn, 1929
Mr. Robert Silhan House, Berwyn, 1937

Champaign

Champaign Central High School, Champaign, 1956
Champaign City Building, Champaign, 1937
Christie Clinic, Champaign, 1929
Illinois National Guard Building, Champaign

Chicago

33 North LaSalle, Chicago, 1930
333 North Michigan, Chicago, 1928
3640 North Halsted Street, Lakeview Historic District, Chicago
4936 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago, 1939
6422 North Western Avenue, Chicago, 1920s
A. W. Enterprises, Inc., Chicago, 1940s
Adler Planetarium, Chicago, 1930
Belle Shore Apartment Hotel, Chicago, 1929
Belmont-Sheffield Trust and Savings Bank Building, Chicago, 1928
Buckingham Building, Chicago, 1930
Bull Dog Lock Co., Chicago, 1947
Carbide and Carbon Building, Chicago, 1929
Carl Street Studios, West Burton Place Historic District, Chicago, 1927
Century Tower, Chicago, 1930
Chicago Beach Apartments, Chicago, 1929
Chicago Bee Building, South Side, Chicago, 1926
Chicago Board of Trade Building, Chicago, 1930
Chicago Evening Post Building, West Loop–LaSalle Street Historic District, Chicago, 1928
Chicago Federation of Musicians Building, West Loop–LaSalle Street Historic District, Chicago, 1933, 1949
Civic Opera House, Chicago, 1929
Clark Adams Building, Chicago, 1927
Edward P. Russell House, Chicago, 1929
Engineering Building, 205 West Wacker Drive, West Loop–LaSalle Street Historic District, Chicago, 1928
Field Building, Chicago, 1928–1934
The Fireside Bowl, Chicago, 1941
First Church of Deliverance, Chicago, 1929
Foreman State National Bank Building, 33 North LaSalle, West Loop–LaSalle Street Historic District, Chicago, 1930
Frank Fisher Apartments, Chicago, 1936
Gramercy Row Apartments, Chicago
Grein Funeral Directors Building, Chicago, 1931
Illinois National Guard Building, Chicago, 1940
Nederlander Theatre, Chicago, 1926
Jeffery Terrace Apartments, Chicago, 1929
L. Fish Furniture Co., Chicago, 1931
Laramie State Bank Building, Chicago, 1929
LaSalle–Wacker Building, Chicago, 1930
Madonna Della Strada Chapel, Loyola University Chicago, Rogers Park, Chicago, 1939
Mark Twain Hotel, Chicago, 1930
McGraw–Hill Building façade, Chicago, 1929
Merchandise Mart, Chicago, 1930
Morton Building, 208 West Washington, West Loop–LaSalle Street Historic District, Chicago, 1927
Mundelein College, Chicago, 1930
The Narragansett, Kenwood, Chicago, 1928
New Bismark Hotel (now Hotel Allegro), 71 West Randolph Street, Chicago, 1926
Northwest Tower, Chicago, 1928
One North LaSalle Building, Chicago, 1930
Outer Drive Bridge, Chicago, 1937
Palmolive Building, Chicago, 1929
Paul J. Quetschke & Co., Chicago, 1940s
Polish National Alliance Headquarters, West Town, Chicago, 1938
Powhatan Apartments, Chicago, 1929
Produce Terminal Cold Storage Company Building, Near West Side, Chicago, 1929
Rosenwald Court Apartments, Bronzeville, Chicago, 1929
Reebie Storage Warehouse, Chicago, 1922
Riverside Plaza, Chicago, 1929
St. Wenceslaus Church, Chicago, 1941
Sears Department Store, Irving Park, Chicago, 1938
Spiegel Office Building, Bridgeport, Chicago, 1937
Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Co., Central Manufacturing District–Original East Historic District, Chicago, 1928
Theophil Studios, Chicago, 1940
Transparent Package Company, Central Manufacturing District–Original East Historic District, Chicago, 1940s
Union Park Hotel, Chicago, 1930
Universal Studios Film Exchange, Chicago, 1937
Valentine Chicago Boy's Club, Chicago, 1938
Victor F. Lawson House YMCA, Chicago, 1934
Wacker Tower, Chicago, 1928
Wholesale Florists Exchange, Near West Side, Chicago, 1927
William E. Dever Crib, Chicago
Willoughby Tower, Chicago, 1929
Windsor Beach Apartments, South Shore, Chicago, 1928

Elgin

Bowlway Lanes, Elgin, 1942
Elgin Tower Building (former Home Banks Building), Elgin, 1929
Evolution Motors (former Castle Auto Sales), Elgin, 1920s
Illinois National Guard Building, Elgin
Salvation Army, Elgin, 1930

Monmouth

Maple City Dairy, Monmouth Courthouse Commercial Historic District, Monmouth, 1935
Rivoli Theatre, Monmouth, 1920s, 1930
Woolworth's Building, Monmouth Courthouse Commercial Historic District, Monmouth, 1939

Oak Park

Forsyth Building, Oak Park, 1929
Lake Theater, Oak Park, 1936
Marshall Field and Company Store, Oak Park, 1928
Medical Arts Building, Oak Park, 1929

Quincy

116 North 5th, Quincy
606 Maine, Quincy
Coca-Cola Bottling Company Building, Quincy, 1940
Gardner Memorial Boy Scout Service Center (former Chatten House), Quincy, 1940
Kresge's, 530 Maine Street, Quincy
Lincoln-Douglas Apartments, Quincy, 1930
State Theater, Quincy, 1938

Rockford

3603 Highcrest Road, Rockford, 1949
Central Illinois Gas & Electric Building, 303 North Main, Rockford, 1929
Four Squires Building (former W.T. Grant Building), Rockford, 1920s
Illinois Bank & Trust Building, Rockford
Illinois National Guard Armory, Rockford, 1937
J.C. Penney Building, West Downtown Rockford Historic District, Rockford
Jackson Piano Building/Liebling Building, Rockford, 1927
Porter's Corner, West Downtown Rockford Historic District, Rockford, 1929
Rockford East High School, Rockford, 1940
Rockford Morning Star Building, Rockford, 1928
Rockford Public Library, Nordlof Center (former S. H. Kress & Co. Building), Rockford
Rockford West High School, Rockford, 1939
Security Building, Co., Rockford, 1920s
Times Theatre, Rockford, 1938

Urbana

Cinema Gallery (former Cinema Theater), Urbana, 1915 and 1934
Illinois National Guard Building, Urbana
James McLaren White's Chemistry Annex Building, Noyes Laboratory of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 1930

Other cities

Apollo Theatre, Princeton, 1882 and 1940s
Ariston Cafe, Litchfield, 1935
Arlee Theater, Mason City, 1936
Bloom High School, Chicago Heights, 1931–1934
Campana Factory, Batavia, 1937
Daily Times Building, Ottawa, 1939
Du Quoin State Fairgrounds, Du Quoin, 1923
Egyptian Theatre, DeKalb, 1929
Fort Armstrong Theatre, Rock Island, 1920
Fox Theatre, Centralia Commercial Historic District, Centralia, 1930
Griesheim Building (former Kresge's), Lincoln, 1932
Haish Memorial Library, DeKalb, 1930
Health Education Building, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, 1938
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Bloomington, 1934
Hotel Belleville, Belleville, 1931
Illinois Building, Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield
Illinois National Guard Building, Cairo, 1932
Illinois National Guard Building, Pontiac, 1939
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Meeting Hall, Centralia Commercial Historic District, Centralia, 1932
Institute for Food Safety and Health, Illinois Institute of Technology, Bedford Park, 1948–49
Joliet Regional Airport, Joliet, 1930
Liberty Theater, Murphysboro, 1913 and 1938
Marcucci Building, Lincoln, 1930
Marion Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Marion, 1941
Masonic Hall Harmony Lodge No. 3, Jacksonville, 1930s
Masonic Temple, Danville, 1916
Masonic Temple, Decatur, 1924
Meredith Memorial Home (former Belleville Hotel), Belleville
Naval Air Station Glenview Air Tower, Glenview, 1923
New Clark Theatre, Barry, 1939
Normal Theater, Normal, 1937
North Shore Sanitary District Tower, Highland Park, 1931
Paramount Theatre, Kankakee, 1931
Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, 1928
Riverside Park Bandshell, Murphysboro, 1939
St. Charles Municipal Building, St. Charles, 1940
Sandoval Community High School, Sandoval
South Town Theatre, Springfield, 1915 and 1937
State Farm Downtown Building, Bloomington, 1929
Sterling Daily Gazette Building, Sterling, 1935
Sycamore State Theater (former Fargo Theater), Sycamore, 1925
Ulmer Jewelers, Harvard, 1930s
United States Post Office, Marshall Business Historic District, Marshall, 1936
United States Post Office and Courthouse, Peoria, 1938
Varsity Center for the Arts, Carbondale, 1940 and 1981
Washington Elementary School, Jacksonville, 1932
Will Rogers Theatre, Charleston, 1935–1938
York Theater, Elmhurst, 1924
Zoe Theatre, Pittsfield, 1950

References

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