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Music Institute of Chicago Nichols Concert Hall

This is an archived listing.

Address

1490 Chicago Ave.

Neighborhood

Evanston

Architect

Solon Beman, 1913

Website

musicinst.org

Description

The architect best known for designing Pullman was also a prolific designer of Christian Science temples in the Neo-Classical style. This one is the fourth church built facing Raymond Park. Its monumental limestone porch leads visitors into one of the most sublime Neo-Classical spaces in the city: a sloping auditorium with a rib-vaulted ceiling that is illuminated by a band of clerestory windows. The space was restored in 2003. It is now a concert hall for the Music Institute of Chicago.

Archived In

2015