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Peoples Gas Light and Coke Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

(2011)

Location	122 S. Michigan Avenue (80 East Adams Street) Chicago, Illinois 60603
Coordinates	41°52′47.46″N 87°37′29.77″W / 41.8798500°N 87.6249361°W / 41.8798500; -87.6249361
Built	1911
Architect	Daniel Burnham & Company
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts
NRHP reference No.	84000293^[1]
Added to NRHP	1984

The Peoples Gas Building at 122 South Michigan Avenue on the corner of Adams Street in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.

Description and history

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The 265-foot (81 m) 21-story office building was built from 1910 to 1911 and was designed by D.H. Burnham & Company.^[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and is also a contributing property for Chicago's Michigan Boulevard Historic District.

Since 1999 the building hosts National Louis University.^[3]

Since November 5, 2012, the building's sixteenth floor has hosted the chancery of the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago.

Tenants

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Axa Assistance^[4]

References

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Notes

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ "Peoples Gas Company Building : 122 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Architecture Info". www.chicagoarchitecture.info. Archived from the original on 2010-06-20.
^ "History | National Louis University | Chicago, Illinois | Tampa, Florida".
^ The Axa Group/Axa Worldwide/North America/United States

External links

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