Oscar Wilde said it looked like "a castellated monstrosity with pepper boxes stuck all over it," although he did admire the arrangement and movement of the pumping machinery inside.
Established in 1909, by the Society of Jesus, the Roman Catholic order of the Jesuits, the School of Law is located in downtown Chicago, within walking distance of the Water Tower (only surviving downtown building of the 1871 Great Chicago Fire), the John Hancock Center (one of the tallest buildings in the United States), Holy Name Cathedral and the Magnificent Mile of North Michigan Avenue.
The 1936 building is modeled after the Chicago Water Tower, with octagonal buttresses, crenellated towers, and a parapet wall.
Chicago | University of Chicago | Chicago Tribune | Chicago Cubs | Chicago White Sox | Chicago Bears | Tower of London | Art Institute of Chicago | Eiffel Tower | Chicago Sun-Times | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Bulls | Chicago Daily News | Chicago (band) | water | Tower of Power | Chicago Hope | Judy Chicago | University of Chicago Press | Clean Water Act | Tower Bridge | Water | Mayor of Chicago | Lyric Opera of Chicago | Chicago Public Schools | Chicago Police Department | The Chicago Code | Tower Records | Chicago Stadium |