Sherman House IV
Life Span: 1910-1973
Location: NW corner of N Clark & W Randolph streets
Architect: Holabird and Roche
INTRO
In 1911, at a cost of several million dollars, a 15-story beaux arts palace was built in the same place, using the firm of Holabird and Roche to design the 757-room hotel.
The new Sherman House maintained its reputation as one of the city’s finest hotels right up into the 1950’s when the luster began to fade. The 1910 building was razed in the early 1950’s, and the annex of 1925 lasted until 1973, when it, too, was demolished to make way for Helmut Jahn’s State of Illinois Building, now the James R. Thompson Center.
Sherman House IV
1911-1952/1973
The Inter Ocean, December 26, 1910
Hotel Sherman
Grand Opening Announcement
January 23, 1911
1915 Buying Convention
Hotel Sherman