The Rookery Building
209 S LaSalle St, Chicago, IL 60604
50% provisional source coverage
USE BOUNDARYNot verified · Not dispatch ready
The Rookery Building is a historic office building at 209 S LaSalle St in Chicago. It is a Chicago Landmark and National Historic Landmark, and its public contact page identifies Buck Management Group as manager. Public contacts do not create access, emergency or dispatch authority. It is Graph Mapped, not Verified or Dispatch Ready.
Canonical identity
This Public Seed combines municipal and federal landmark evidence with a source-scoped public management statement while preserving unknown title, parcel, occupancy and operating details.
Area claims stay separate
Gross, rentable, and office area are not interchangeable. Factum stores each measurement with its source meaning instead of choosing a convenient single number.
What public guidance supports
These are sourced research answers, not permission to enter, reserve, submit, or dispatch. Current affected-party authorization remains required.
Historic designation
Chicago designated the Rookery a landmark on July 5, 1972. NPS records National Historic Landmark designation on May 15, 1975.
Official sources reviewed August 17, 2026Public management statement
The building contact page says Buck Management Group manages the property and Madison Rose handles leasing. These statements are non-authorizing.
Reviewed August 17, 2026Questions this record answers
Each concise answer includes the same caveats shown elsewhere on the page.
01What is the Rookery Building?+
It is a historic office building at 209 S LaSalle St in Chicago, built in 1885–1888 and remodeled in 1905–1907 by Frank Lloyd Wright.
02Is the Rookery Building a landmark?+
Yes. It is a Chicago Landmark and a National Historic Landmark.
03Who manages the Rookery Building?+
The public building contact page identifies Buck Management Group. Factum does not treat that statement or its public contacts as proof of access, emergency or dispatch authority.
04Is the Rookery Building dispatch ready?+
No. Current entry, loading, after-hours, life-safety, telecom-riser and dispatch procedures were not established.
05How can I correct or enrich this record?+
Submit an authoritative public URL or dated official document, identify the exact field and effective date, and choose public-display, verification-only or private-retention permission. Contributions enter evidence review and never overwrite canonical claims directly.
Explicit unknowns
Anything operationally material that is stale, incomplete, or unconfirmed remains visible here.
- 01Authoritative parcel/PIN, current recorded title and beneficial control.
- 02Complete current occupancy and management agreement scope.
- 03Current permits, life-safety, telecom-riser, access, loading and dispatch procedures.
Evidence register
Source links are direct. Authority and supported claim groups are stated so readers can inspect the underlying record.
- 01City of Chicago landmark record ↗
City of Chicago landmark record reviewed August 17, 2026 · Supports: Identity, address, construction history and Chicago Landmark designation
- 02National Register asset ↗
National Park Service record · Supports: Historic-register identity and address
- 03National Historic Landmarks by state ↗
National Park Service list · Supports: National Historic Landmark designation date
- 04Rookery Building contact page ↗
Building-branded public source reviewed August 17, 2026 · Supports: Address, main telephone and source-scoped management and leasing statements
Public change history
Only meaningful, accepted public deltas appear here. The current record above remains canonical.
The Rookery Building
Factum added a Public Seed for the Rookery Building with municipal and federal landmark evidence plus a source-scoped public management statement; title and operating rules remain unverified.