Frick Building

437 Grant Street

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SAT: 10:00am - 1:00pm
SUN: 10:00am - 1:00pm

YOUR EXPERIENCE

Explore the lobby, complete with two sentinel lions and a stained-glass display entitled “Fortune and her Wheel,” then learn more about the building construction and interesting spaces within the Frick Building from a volunteer docent who will be on site. Also, visit the newly-built Tenant Innovation Center on the Mezzanine level. The Tenant Innovation Center includes private conference rooms, co-working spaces, a kitchen and a lounge area with a foosball table.

• Wheelchair-Accessible Entrance: YES

• Wheelchair-Accessible Restrooms: YES

• Public Restrooms: YES

• Photography Allowed: YES

ABOUT THIS BUILDING

Opened in 1902, the Frick Building was built by and named after Henry Clay Frick, an industrialist and founder of the H.C. Frick & Company (coke manufacturing). This led him to a partnership with Andrew Carnegie, then serving as Chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company, the predecessor to US Steel.

The Frick Building was designed by Chicago architect Daniel Burnham. The top floor includes a balcony around the perimeter of the building, a high, handcrafted ceiling, and heavy, elaborate brass door fixtures.

Originally, H.C. Frick used the building as his personal office and as a meeting place and social club for wealthy industrialists. Frick’s personal shower was on the 19th floor. At the time, no other shower had been built that high above ground level. The shower, non-functioning, still exists on the 19th  floor today.

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