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1 Rockefeller
Memorial Chapel
5850 S Woodlawn Ave. Map 7 C4.
Tel (773) 702-2100. q Garfield (Red
Line) then bus 2, 6, 55. £ 59th.
Open 8am–5:30pm daily. 5 11am
Sun, 10am daily in summer. 7
8 Concerts. ∑ rockefeller.
uchicago.edu
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
is Bertram G. Goodhue’s 1928
interpretation of Gothic (see
p28). The chapel is topped
with a 207-ft (63-m) tower.
It is the tallest building on
campus: John D. Rockefeller, Bust of a Man (c.1840 BC), at the Oriental Institute Museum
as a condition of his bequest, 3 Oriental Institute
required that this structure since 1919. The museum
be the university’s dominant Museum presents the institute’s
feature. Contributing to its 1155 E 58th St. Map 7 C4. Tel (773) famed collection of over
tradition of musical excellence 702-9514. q Garfield (Red or Green 100,000 artifacts from the
is one of Chicago’s oldest Line) then bus 2, 6, 55. £ 59th. earliest civilizations of the
choral ensembles, and the Open 10am–6pm Tue, Thu–Sat; world. It is also one of only
stunning E.M. Skinner organ. 10am–8:30pm Wed; noon–6pm three places in the world
The 72-bell tower, the bells Sun. Closed public hols. 7 8 = where you can see a
weighing from 10.5 lb (5 kg) ∑ oi.uchicago.edu reconstruction of an Assyrian
to 18.5 tons, is the second- palace (c.721–705 BC).
largest in the world. The The Oriental Institute Museum Other highlights of the
bells ring at noon and 6pm is the exhibition arm of the museum include a monu mental
weekdays, after service, Oriental Institute, its scholars sculpture (c.1334–25 BC) of King
and during the annual having excavated in virtually Tutankhamen from a Luxor
carillon festival. every region of the Near East temple. At 17 ft (5 m), it is the

2 Robie House
5757 S Woodlawn Ave. Map 8 D4. Tel
(312) 994-4000. q Garfield (Green &
Red Line) then bus 2, 6, 55. £ 59th.
Open Wed–Sun. Closed Tue, Jan 1,
Thanksgiving, Dec 24, 25 & 31. &
8 mandatory: 11am, 1pm, 3pm
Mon–Fri; 11am–3:30pm every 30
minutes at weekends; additional tours
in Jun–Aug: 4pm, 5pm, 6pm Thu. =
∑ gowright.org Frank Lloyd Wright-designed dining-room set from Robie House
Frank Lloyd Wright’s world- blocks sit parallel to each other; Leaded stained-glass windows and
famous Robie House is the a smaller square third story is doors, which run the length of the
quintessential expression of positioned at their junction. living room, allow for both privacy
and natural light.
the Prairie School movement There is no basement and no
(see p29). Designed in 1908 attic. The exterior design of the
for Frederick Robie, a bicycle house perfectly captures the
and motorbike manufacturer, prairie landscape of flat, open
and completed in 1910, the fields. The roof’s sweeping
home is one of Wright’s last planes embody the house’s
Prairie School houses: Wright aesthetic of bold
left both his family and his Oak rectilinear simplicity.
Park practice during its three- Steel beams, some 60 ft
year construction. (18 m) long, support
Robie House has three the over-hanging
distinct parts combining to roof. Their use was
create a balanced whole. Two, unorthodox in residential
two-story rectangular concrete architecture at the time.

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