Robert R. McCormick Lounge

Mittelbusher & Tourtelot
IIT Architects, renovation architects
1959 (renovated 1992)
3241 South Wabash Avenue

McCormick Lounge serves as the entry point to the McCormick Student Village, which also includes the six residence halls that surround it. The 1992 renovation included work on the dining halls and common areas, as well as a new entrance. The dining hall portion of the building closed in 2003.

Formerly/Also Known As: Robert R. McCormick Lounge and Dining Hall

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Name:
Robert R. McCormick Lounge: "I.I.T. to Dedicate New McCormick Lounge," Chicago Tribune, January 24, 1960, 16.
Lounge and Dining Hall: Franz Schulze, Illinois Institute of Technology: Campus Guide (New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2005), 75.

Architects:
"I.I.T. to Dedicate New McCormick Lounge," 16.
Illinois Institute of Technology, Office of Communications and Marketing, Illinois Institute of Technology: Main Campus Guide (Chicago: Illinois Institute of Technology, 1999-2000), 11.

Dates:
Schulze, Illinois Institute of Technology: Campus Guide, 75.
Illinois Institute of Technology, Office of Communications and Marketing, Illinois Institute of Technology: Main Campus Guide, 11.

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