Fronts 169 feet on Adams Street and 120 feet on Michigan Boulevard, at the southwest corner. This structure is described fully in our chapter on "Notable High Buildings." Its 10 stories are 125 feet high and its northwest tower rises 162 feet above the street. It has 125 suites of offices and 75 apartments for residence, with 4 passenger elevators. The construction is of steel within, and granite, pressed brick, and terra cotta outside. Here Mr. George M. Pullman has his offices, and here are the headquarters of the Pullman Palace Car Company. The United States Army maintains departmental headquarters here, and many professional men and merchants occupy offices and stores. The Pullman, which is one of the principal edifices of Chicago, as well on account of situation as of intrinsic splendor, was erected in 1884, at a cost of $1,000,000.

At 24-26 Adams Street, is 50 feet wide, 80 feet deep, and 75 feet high, divided in 7 stories and basement. It has 1 store and art-gallery, 28 offices, and 2 passenger elevators. This new style of steel building has a granite and Roman brick exterior. It is occupied by artists, musicians, and modistes. It was erected in 1888, at a cost of $260,000.

(Retail) Fronts 80 feet on Wabash Avenue and 225 feet on Adams Street, at the southwest corner, and is 70 feet high, with 6 stories and basement. This is one of the great retail stores of Chicago, and its 7 floors are in themselves a fair, where nearly everything useful and ornamental pertaining to an American home may be seen or purchased. The display in the windows is very fine. There are 4 passenger elevators, 32 departments, and 400 employes. The building is one of the handsomest of the ante-steel era of construction.

Fronts 142 feet on Adams and 75 feet on State Strret, at the southeast corner, and is 80 feet high, with 4 stories and basement. The fittings of the American Oyster House, in the basement, are an example of the magnificence of our contemporaneous architecture. There are 10 store-rooms, 60 offices, and 3 passenger elevators. The offices are occupied principally by manufacturers' agents and jewelers. The edifice was erected in 1891, at a cost of $130,000.

Fronts 100 feet on Jackson and 123 feet on State Street, at the northwest corner. It is a 5-story building, 70 feet high, with 2 passenger elevators. It is occupied by the Hub Colthing Company, which employs 100 salesmen. Erected in 1883. Cost, $200,000.

At 215-221 Wabash Avenue, like Kimball Hall, farther south, makes a fine showing on the street, having graceful bays and liberal provision for light. The building is 80 feet wide, 125 feet deep, and 95 feet high, with 7 stories and basement; has 2 stores, 25 offices, and 3 elevators. The building has a stone and steel front, and is mainly occupied by A. H. Andrews & Co., office and school furniture manufacturers and wholesalers. It was erected in 1890.

Was built as the Eden Musee, at 227-229 Wabash Avenue, with a frontage of 54 feet, a depth of 70 feet, and a height of 90 feet, in 5 stories and basement. It is a handsome structure of the old style, erected in 1888, at a cost of $115,000, and is open to the public as a wax-work museum and family minstrel show.

Fronts 180 feet on Jackson Street and 160 feet on Michigan Boulevard, at the southwest corner. Its admirable situation on the Lake Front and the honored name it bears have brought it into widespread popularity. Before the Lelands purchased it, it was called the Gardner House, and was always noticeable for the varying bright colors with which its walls were covered. The building is 70 feet high, divided in 6 stories and basement, and has on its main floor 5 stores and a cafe. There are 275 rooms and 2 passenger elevators. An artesian well flows in the office, which is on the main foor, as are the reception-rooms. The white marble fittings of this hotel are a result of the remodeling in 1890, when Kittredge & Skeels, the present proprietors, took charge. A cheerful public fireplace is a feature which greets the stranger in winter. Originally built in 1872, at a cost of $500,000; remodeled in 1891, at a cost of $200,000. (See "Hotels.")

Next south of the Leland, fronts 125 feet on Michigan Boulevard, and is 125 feet deep. The building is 90 feet high, with 6 stories and basement; brick and terra cotta walls. There are 125 rooms and 1 passenger elevator. The furnishing of this hotel, the service, and the indefinable thing called "tone" are such as to attract guests of great reputation and large wealth. The article on "Hotels" in this guide mentions some of the characteristics of his hostelry. Erected in 1885.

Fronts 100 feet on Jackson Street and 50 feet on Wabash Avenue. It is 65 feet high, with 6 stories and basement, and contains a recital hall of high standing among musicians, who nearly fill the 35 offices of the building. Here are 2 stores, and here are the headquarters in Chicago of the Domestic Sewing Machine Company. The Structure, a fine one, was erected in 1878.

At 18-26 Van Buren Street, is the home of one of the noblest of Chicago's semi-public institutions. Here classes in almost all schools of knowledge are maintained, where the adult student may repair the neglect of earlier years. Nor are athletic exercises depised. The Athenaeum had its quarters in 1874 where the Peacock Cafe now is, on Madison Street near Clark, and for many years later was on Dearborn Street near Randolph. Its main apostle was O. C. Gibbs, and Ferdinand W. Peck has been one of its steadfast friends. Here a young man or woman may study foreign languages, elocution, history, or science. He may in some sense enter good society, and here he will form life-long acquaintances. The building is 125 feet wide, 120 feet deep, and 70 feet high, with 7 stories and basement. There are 2 passenger elevators. The walls are of brick and cut-stone. Erected in 1886, at a cost of $107,000; remodeled in 1891, at a cost of $200,000.