Buckingham Building
The Buckingham Building is a 27-story skyscraper located at 59-67 E. Van Buren St. in the Loop neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The building, which opened in 1930, has historically served as a mixed-use retail and office building.Photo: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Apartment building
- Description: skyscraper in Chicago, United States of America
- Also known as: “Socony-Vacuum Building” and “The Buckingham”
- Address: 59 East Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL 60605
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chicago "L" and Auditorium Theatre.
Chicago "L"
Photo: lazytom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Chicago "L" is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of Illinois. Operated by the Chicago Transit Authority, it is the fourth-largest rapid transit system in the United States in terms… Chicago "L" is situated 560 feet north of Buckingham Building.
Auditorium Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Auditorium Theatre is a music and performance venue in the Auditorium Building at 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive in Chicago, Illinois. Inspired by the Richardsonian Romanesque style of architect Henry Hobson Richardson, the building was designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan and completed in 1889.
Harold Washington Library
Library
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Harold Washington Library Center is the central library for the Chicago Public Library System. It is located just south of the Loop 'L', at 400 South State Street in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. Harold Washington Library is situated 780 feet west of Buckingham Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Printers Row and Jewelers Row District.
Printers Row
Neighborhood
Photo: puroticorico, CC BY 2.0.
Printers Row is a Chicago neighborhood located in South Loop. The area of Printers Row is generally defined by Ida B. Wells Drive on the north, Polk Street on the south, Plymouth Court on the east, and the Chicago River on the west.
Jewelers Row District
Neighborhood
The Jewelers Row District is a historic district in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois in the United States. Running along Wabash Avenue, primarily between East Washington Street and East Monroe Street, the buildings in the district were built…
Loop
Photo: Poco a poco, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Loop is the central business district of Chicago, bounded by the Chicago River to the north and west, Harrison Street to the south, and Lake Michigan to the east.
Buckingham Building
- Categories: skyscraper, building, and residential building
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.87677° or 41° 52′ 36″ northLongitude
-87.62542° or 87° 37′ 32″ westLevels
27Height
305 feet (93 metres)Open location code
86HJV9GF+PROpenStreetMap ID
way 145204661OpenStreetMap feature
building=apartmentsWikidata ID
Q16985591
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Spanish—“Buckingham Building” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “مبنى باكنجهام”
- Spanish: “Buckingham Building”
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