# Schiller Theatre Building [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SULLIVAN, Louis Henry]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary Adler and Sullivan had evolved the configuration of the Auditorium Building in a series of theatre designs, notably in the Chicago Opera Festival Theatre \(1885; destroyed\) and the Pueblo Opera House in Colorado \(1888-90; destroyed\). Later they carried it to perfection in the Schiller Theatre \(1891-93; destroyed\), Chicago, regrettably the last of the firm’s theatre commissions. The Schiller Theatre Building was designed by Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler of the firm Adler & Sullivan for the German Opera Company. At the time of its construction, it was one of the tallest buildings in Chicago. Its centrepiece was a 1300-seat theatre, considered by architectural historians to be one of the greatest collaborations between Adler and Sullivan. Opened in 1891, the Schiller Theatre was projected to be used for German-language operas and cultural events. In the late 1890s, it ceased its German performances and exhibited touring stage shows. In the 1930s, the building was converted into a movie theatre. It became a television studio in 1950 and returned to screening movies in 1957. After a long decline that began in the 1930s, the building \(since 1903 named Garrick Theater\) was razed early in 1961 and replaced with a parking structure. Hundreds of artefacts and ornaments from the building were salvaged. The photo of 1900 shows the Schiller Building at 64 West Randolph Street, Chicago. ## Related artworks - [Auditorium Building: façade \(detail\)]() - [Auditorium Building: façade]() - [Auditorium Building: general view]() - [Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company Building: entrance]() - [Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company Building]() - [Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company Building]() - [Farmers and Merchants Union Bank]() - [Guaranty Building]() - [Harold C. Bradley House]() - [Home Building Association Bank]() - [Home Building Association Bank]() - [Home Building Association Bank]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()