LondonHouse Chicago
- Also Known As: Fort Dearborn site
- Originally: London Guarantee Building
- Address: 85 E Wacker Dr
- Vicinity: Chicago River
- Neighborhood of The Chicago Loop in Chicago
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1812/06/17 | John Kinzie | Villain | John Kinzie quarrels with Jean La Lime, an interpreter at Fort Dearborn. Kinzie kills La Lime and flees to Milwaukee, then to Indian territory. There is a bas-relief of Fort Dearborn above the entrance of the London Guarantee Building. | |||
| 1922/00/00 | Alfred S Alschuler | Architect | Construction begins on the London Guarantee and Accident Building designed by Chicago architect Alfred S Alschuler. | |||
| 1923/00/00 | London Guarantee Building is completed in Chicago for the London Guarantee and Accident Company. | |||||
| 1936/00/00 | American Book Company | Midwest Headquarters | Forced to cut back its Chicago operations, the American Book Company sells its East Cermak Road buildings to R R Donnelley and Sons Co and relocates its offices to the London Guarantee Building on N Michigan Avenue. | |||
| 1946/11/00 | George and Oscar Marienthal remodel the Fort Dearborn Grill and open it as the London House jazz club and restaurant in the London Guaranty Building, at 360 N Michigan Ave. The London House closed in the early 1970s. |
| Particulars for LondonHouse Chicago: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
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