Morrison Hotel (Chicago)
| Morrison Hotel | |
|---|---|
20th century postcard of the Morrison Hotel. | |
| General information | |
| Status | Demolished |
| Type | hotel |
| Location | 15–29 South Clark Street Chicago, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41°52′54″N 87°37′48″W / 41.8816°N 87.6301°W |
| Completed | First building: 1860 Second building: circa 1871 Third building: 1915 (initial construction); 1918, 1925, and 1930s (expansions) |
| Demolished | 1871 (first building) 1915 (second building) 1965 (third building and its expansions) |
| Height | |
| Roof | 526.1 feet (160.4 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 45 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Holabird & Roche |
| References | |
The Morrison Hotel was a high rise hotel at the corner of Madison and Clark Streets in the downtown Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. It was designed by the architectural firm of Holabird & Roche and completed in 1925. The hotel was demolished in 1965 to make room for the First National Bank Building (now Chase Tower).
The hotel was named for Orsemus Morrison, the first coroner in Chicago, who bought the site in 1838 and in 1860 built a three-story hotel with 21 rooms that was later destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, this was replaced by an eight-story building that opened in 1873. A third and much larger 21-floor structure was constructed in 1915 to replace that one and saw numerous expansions (including the addition of the 46-story skyscraper component) before being entirely demolished in 1965.