![]() ![]() ![]() The building was used as a serviceman’s center during World War II, and then by Roosevelt University starting in 1946. It was filled with luxurious details including electric chandeliers, arches covered in gold-leaf stencils, hand-carved designs atop wooden columns, hand-painted murals and intricate stained-glass windows.ĭuring the Great Depression, the Auditorium stopped operating as a theater. The Auditorium Building, designed by Adler and Sullivan with their apprentice Frank Lloyd Wright, was originally built as a five-star hotel and opera house. Built in 1890, Rudolph Ganz Memorial Hall was originally a banquet hall located directly above the Auditorium Theatre. Ganz Hall is a collaboration of some of the greatest minds of their generation including painter Albert Fleury, designers Louis Millet and George Healy, and architects Louis Sullivan, Dankmar Adler, and Frank Lloyd Wright. ![]()
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