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Theodore Thomas Orchestra Hall

Symphony Center
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Orchestra Hall
Address 220 S. Michigan Ave.
Location Chicago, Illinois
Owner Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association
Type Concert hall
Capacity Orchestra Hall: 2,522
Armour Stage: 150
Grainger Ballroom: 300
The Club at Symphony Center: 120
Buntrock Hall: 350
Construction
Built 1904
Opened December 14, 1904 (1904-12-14)
Website

cso.org

Symphony Center is located in Chicago
Symphony Center
Coordinates 41°52′45″N 87°37′30″W / 41.87917°N 87.62500°W / 41.87917; -87.62500Coordinates: 41°52′45″N 87°37′30″W / 41.87917°N 87.62500°W / 41.87917; -87.62500
Architect Daniel Burnham
NRHP reference # 78001127
Significant dates
Added to NRHP March 21, 1978
Designated NHL April 19, 1994

cso.org

Symphony Center is a music complex located at 220 South Michigan Avenue in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois. Home to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Civic Orchestra of Chicago; and the Institute for Learning, Access, and Training; Symphony Center includes the 2,522-seat Orchestra Hall, which dates from 1904; Buntrock Hall, a rehearsal and performance space; Grainger Ballroom, an event space overlooking Michigan Avenue and the Art Institute of Chicago; a public multi-story rotunda; tesori restaurant; and administrative offices. In June 1993, plans to significantly renovate and expand Orchestra Hall were approved and the $110 million project resulting in Symphony Center began in 1995 and was completed in 1997.

Orchestra Hall was designated a National Historic Landmark on April 19, 1994. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978.

Built in 1904, Orchestra Hall was designed by renowned Chicago architect Daniel Burnham. The new hall was specifically designed as a home for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which had previously performed in the larger Auditorium Theater. Construction began on May 1, 1904, and the first concert was given on December 14, 1904. The building has "Theodore Thomas Orchestra Hall" inscribed in its façade, after the orchestra's first music director who died less than a month after his conducting debut there. The names Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Wagner are inscribed above the ballroom windows on the façade.


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