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Silversmith Hotel Chicago Downtown
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Gorham Manufacturing Company and Benjamin Allen and Company commissioned the Silversmith Building on Chicago's Jewelers Row in 1896, and Peter J. Weber of D.H. Burnham and Company finished it in 1897 as workshops slid from Romanesque Revival into the Chicago Commercial style. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, the Loop tower later became the 144-room Silversmith Hotel Chicago Downtown. It joined Historic Hotels of America in 2016 and holds AAA Four Diamond recognition.
- 144 rooms
- Neighborhood: The Loop
- Architect: Peter J. Weber (D.H. Burnham and Company)
About Silversmith Hotel Chicago Downtown
- Architect Peter J. Weber of D.H. Burnham and Company, who also designed Chicago's Fisher Building, drew the Silversmith Building in 1896.
- The commission came from Gorham Manufacturing Company for Jewelers Row workshops at 10 South Wabash Avenue.
- National Register listing arrived in 1997; Historic Hotels of America membership followed in 2016 after the boutique-hotel conversion.
- The facade reads as a transition piece between Romanesque Revival massing and emerging Chicago school commercial design.
History
The Silversmith Hotel occupies the historic Silversmith Building at 10 South Wabash Avenue in Chicago's Loop, in the district long known as Jewelers Row. Commissioned in 1896 by the Gorham Manufacturing Company and Benjamin Allen and Company, it was designed by architect Peter J. Weber of D.H. Burnham and Company and completed in 1897, blending Romanesque Revival with the emerging Chicago Commercial style.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, the building was converted from jewelers' workshops into a boutique hotel. Now the 144-room Silversmith Hotel Chicago Downtown, it has been a member of Historic Hotels of America since 2016.
The setting
Silversmith Hotel Chicago Downtown sits in The Loop, Chicago. The Loop is downtown Chicago turned inside out after five: higher trains, Beaux-Arts banks, and a theater district that still sells a proper night. Architecture you walk through, then dinner and a drink under the L.
Restaurants and bars
- Adamus Lounge — Restaurant · American
Amenities
- Fitness center
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
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