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Spiegel Administration Building
Chicago's landmark record gives Spiegel Administration Building a stable base for work on commercial development, architectural branding, and the longer public life of the site.
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Quick Take
- Official status: Chicago individual landmark.
- Address: 1038 W. 35th Street.
- Built: 1936, 1941.
- Architect: Battey & Kipp (1936), A. Epstein (1941-1942).
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Why It Matters
Spiegel Administration Building gives commercial development, architectural branding, and corridor and downtown change a durable public anchor.
That is what gives later archival and field work somewhere concrete to begin.
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Research Narrative
Landmark Context
Spiegel Administration Building is tied to 1038 W. 35th Street in the city's landmark file. The current city data lists it as dating to a construction date of 1936, 1941 and credits Battey & Kipp (1936), A. Epstein (1941-1942). It was designated on May 4, 2011. Spiegel Administration Building becomes more than a passing image once those facts are held together with commercial development, architectural branding, and corridor and downtown change.
Spiegel Administration Building becomes materially clearer through storefront depth, upper-floor expression, and corner treatment, how the facade addresses pedestrian traffic, and later signage, infill, or reuse. Those clues are often the clearest route into how commercial architecture stayed visible even as the economic life around it changed.
Research Starting Points
Spiegel Administration Building becomes a stronger research subject once the record expands into trade press and city directories, permit files and assessor records, and historic photographs and newspaper coverage. Those records make it easier to test what changed, what remained, and how the building fit into a larger local story.
Spiegel Administration Building remains most useful when later evidence keeps returning to the site itself.
Public Actions
Campaign / Petition Record
Ordered oldest to newest.
1936, 1941
Development
Construction period recorded in city landmark data
by Public record Previous
Chicago's public landmark data records Spiegel Administration Building as built in 1936, 1941.
May 4, 2011
Designation
Chicago individual landmark designation
by Public record Previous
City of Chicago designated Spiegel Administration Building as an individual landmark on May 4, 2011.
February 2026
Inventory
City landmark address list and data portal record
by Public record Current
Spiegel Administration Building remains listed in Chicago's public individual-landmark address list and open-data record.
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Source Trail
City of Chicago Open Data: Individual Landmarks
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Chicago Landmark Address List February 2026
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Place Snapshot
- Place
- Spiegel Administration Building
- Location
- 1038 W. 35th Street, Chicago, Illinois
- Coverage
- Exact
Key Facts
- Region
- Chicago, Illinois / Midwest
- Place type
- Commercial Building
- Current status
- Preserved
- Address
- 1038 W. 35th Street
- Built
- 1936, 1941
- Architect
- Battey & Kipp (1936), A. Epstein (1941-1942)
- Designated
- May 4, 2011
Design / Planning Timeline
Battey & Kipp (1936), A. Epstein (1941-1942)
1936, 1941
Milestone
Design architect or firm credited in current city landmark data
Use as a starting point for confirming authorship against permits, drawings, and later landmark reports.
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