Auditorium Theatre
VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-01576 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-PL-0104. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Roosevelt University; Adler & Sullivan
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Roosevelt University; Adler & Sullivan
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- City: Chicago
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- https://www.loc.gov/item/il0091/ (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
Library of Congress HABS record IL-1007 (tier 1) documents the "Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL," whose significance note states it was "designed by Adler and Sullivan and built 1887-89… uniting hotel, office building, and theatre in one structure," with Roosevelt University named as an associated title/sponsor. Establishes existence, theatre type within the Auditorium Building, the building's Michigan Avenue address, Adler & Sullivan design, and the Roosevelt University association — covering the stored note. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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