	City Index	Attractions	Hotels	Activities	Buildings	Facts	Maps	Pictures	Posters
	A View On Cities > Chicago > Chicago Buildings > By Height > Hotel Inter-Continental

Chicago Attractions

Chicago Map

Chicago Hotels

Chicago Activities

Chicago Facts

> Chicago Buildings

> By Height

By Year

By Name

By Popularity

Chicago Posters

Chicago Pictures

Chicago History

Chicago Sitemap

Hotel Inter-Continental

Rate this building

Quick Facts

City	Chicago
Country	USA
Year	1927 - 1929
Height	143,6m / 471ft
Floors	45

Realisation

Architect

Walter W. Ahlschlager

Building Info

Name	Hotel Inter-Continental
Category	Hotel
Alias	Medinah Athletic Club
Address	505 North Michigan Avenue

Notes

Restored 1988-1989 by Harry Weese and Associates.
Conceived as an exotic Orient-style club with the a large swimming pool, golf course, rifle rage and tea court. It was commisioned by a group of Medinah nobles, an organization with roots in the Middle East.
The building has a Saracenic portal and a Moorish dome and minaret. The interior was lavishly decorated in Byzantine style.