page_title: Chicago History Museum
section_title: Building
hierarchical_section_title: Chicago History Museum / Building
caption_attribution_description: English: 1932 Building of the Chicago History Museum in Chicago, Illinois
context_page_description: Chicago History Museum was founded in 1856 to study and interpret Chicago's history. It is located in Lincoln Park at 1601 North Clark Street at the intersection of North Avenue in the Old Town Triangle neighborhood. The CHS adopted the name, Chicago History Museum, in September 2006 for its public presence.
context_section_description: After 36 years in the Henry Ives Cobb structure on North Dearborn Street, the museum and library moved to the current structure in Lincoln Park.  The current home of the museum was designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White and constructed in 1932 by the WPA, with the aim of creating an expanded public museum.
  The 1932 Federal-style structure has been expanded twice.  The first addition, clad in limestone, opened in 1972 and was designed by Alfred Shaw and Associates.  The second addition, designed by Holabird and Root, was made in 1988 and included refacing the earlier expansion in red brick to give a unified look to all three portions of the building.  Both expansions occurred on the west side of the 1932 structure, leaving intact its original porticoed entrance facing Lincoln Park.  The main entrance and reception hall, however, was moved to the new western addition facing Clark street.  The 1988 extension, in addition to expanded exhibition galleries, also contains the museum's store and public cafe.
caption: East facade of current museum (built 1932)
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