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Majestic Building and Theater

built 1906 and with current city data crediting Edmund R. Krause, Designated as a Chicago landmark on May 11, 2005. the public record begins with concrete facts and can move outward into commercial development and architectural branding.

Majestic Building and Theater 22 W Monore St, Chicago, Illinois Precision: Exact

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  • Official status: Chicago individual landmark.
  • Address: 22 W Monore St.
  • Built: 1906.
  • Architect: Edmund R. Krause.

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Why It Matters

Majestic Building and Theater prevents commercial development, architectural branding, and corridor and downtown change from floating free of the site itself.

That public anchor is what allows later work on ownership, alteration, neighborhood setting, and interpretation to build outward in a disciplined way.

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Research Narrative

Landmark Context

Majestic Building and Theater is publicly anchored at 22 W Monore St by the landmark designation record. The current city data lists it as dating to a construction date of 1906 and credits Edmund R. Krause. It was designated on May 11, 2005. Majestic Building and Theater already has a usable public frame for work on commercial development, architectural branding, and corridor and downtown change.

Majestic Building and Theater becomes materially clearer through storefront depth, upper-floor expression, and corner treatment, how the facade addresses pedestrian traffic, and later signage, infill, or reuse. Read carefully, those details begin to explain how commercial architecture stayed visible even as the economic life around it changed.

Research Starting Points

Majestic Building and Theater opens next into trade press and city directories, permit files and assessor records, and historic photographs and newspaper coverage. Those records help separate what the landmark file says from what the longer building history actually shows.

Majestic Building and Theater becomes clearer when later research stays attached to the building instead of drifting into abstraction.

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1906

Development

Construction period recorded in city landmark data

Chicago's public landmark data records Majestic Building and Theater as built in 1906.

May 11, 2005

Designation

Chicago individual landmark designation

City of Chicago designated Majestic Building and Theater as an individual landmark on May 11, 2005.

February 2026

Inventory

City landmark address list and data portal record

Majestic Building and Theater remains listed in Chicago's public individual-landmark address list and open-data record.

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Chicago Landmark Name List 2025.6

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Chicago Landmark Address List February 2026

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Place Snapshot

Place
Majestic Building and Theater
Location
22 W Monore St, Chicago, Illinois
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Key Facts

Region
Chicago, Illinois / Midwest
Place type
Commercial Building
Current status
Preserved
Address
22 W Monore St
Built
1906
Architect
Edmund R. Krause
Designated
May 11, 2005

Design / Planning Timeline

Edmund R. Krause
1906

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