Dearborn Station, Chicago
Built in 1885, this was one of the great stations of the railroad era, the first glimpse of Chicago for countless visitors from across the country.
Built in 1885, this was one of the great stations of the railroad era, the first glimpse of Chicago for countless visitors from across the country. (It also became a focal point for the anti-vice crusaders, with pamphlets describing lurid tales in which innocent farm girls fresh off the train were seized and sold into prostitution.) The rail yard is gone, with traffic having ceased in 1971, but the station house has been renovated into mixed-use commercial space, with a bar and restaurant on the ground floor.
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About Dearborn Station
47 West Polk Street M11, Chicago, IL, United States
+1 312-554-8100
Dearborn Station and Nearby Sights on Map
Metropolitan Correctional Center
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River City
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Monadnock Building
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
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Chicago Loop
Spertus Institute
A museum dedicated to Jewish culture and learning, in a dramatic, newly remodeled facility
Federal Center
This plaza includes Mies' Dirksen Federal Building and Kluczynski Federal Building (built eleven years apart), with a low-rise post office enveloped in their sleek black lines
Marquette Building
It's partially obscured by renovations, but this first-wave skyscraper still makes an immediate contrast with the modern Federal Center across the street
The Auditorium Theatre
Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan's masterpiece
Chicago Board of Trade Visitor Center
This monumental 1930 building is an Art Deco masterpiece and dominates its surrounding streets like no other in the Loop