| What: Adler
and Sullivan's Charnley-Persky House Tour
When: Wednesdays throughout the year, 12:00 noon
Saturdays April through November, 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
Saturdays December through March, 1:00 p.m. only
Where: Charnley-Persky House (use door at south end of building), 1365 North Astor Street, Chicago
Description: Every Wednesday and Saturday throughout the year, the Charnley-Persky House Museum Foundation offers docent-led tours of Adler and Sullivan's renowned residential work, the James Charnley House (1891-1892) on Astor Street in Chicago. The house, which has long been recognized internationally as a pivotal work of modern architecture, was designed by two luminaries in Chicago architecture-Louis H. Sullivan and his protégé, Frank Lloyd Wright. In Charnley-Persky House the architects rejected historical details common to Victorian architecture in favor of abstract forms that later became the hallmarks of modern architecture. In addition, the house's open floor plan and manipulation of space prefigured the complex spatial arrangements common in the residential work of Wright and other Prairie School architects. The regular Saturday tours also include the Albert F. Madlener House at 4 West Burton Place.
The tours are co-sponsored by the Charnley-Persky House Museum Foundation (www.charnleyperskyhouse.org), the Society of Architectural Historians (www.sah.org) and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts (www.grahamfoundation.org).
Cost Wednesday tours are free. Saturday tours are $10 adults and $5 seniors and students age 18 and over.
All teachers with valid State of Illinois ID are admitted free of charge as are students under the age of 18.
Duration: Wednesday tours one hour; Saturday tours 90 minutes.
What: Louis Sullivan: Lost and Found Tour
When: 2:30 p.m.
Where: Chicago Architecture Foundation
Meet at the CAF's ArchiCenter Shop
224 South Michigan Avenue
Description: The Chicago Architecture Foundation, in cooperation with the Art Institute of Chicago, will trace Sullivan¹s career and reveal his philosophy through surviving works, fragments and relevant sites in the city center that was home for his entire professional life.
Cost: $18; $14 senior/student; $8 CAF member; member of both CAF and AIC, free. Tour price includes a voucher for Art Institute admission on another date.
Duration: 2 hours
Note: This tour concludes at State and Madison Streets. Bring binoculars to enhance the experience.
Please call 312.922.3432 x240 for reservations.
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