South Side Masonic Temple


Prentice Hospital


East Village Neighborhood


The Isabella Building


West Loop Mercantile


Religious Structures


Cook County Hospital

Every year, Preservation Chicago announces its "Chicago's 7" list of Most Endangered Buildings. The purpose of the Chicago 7 is to raise public awareness about the threats facing some of Chicago's most at-risk architectural treasures, whether they are a single building, an entire neighborhood, or a thematic category of buildings, such as Great Chicago Warehouses or Chicago's Religious Structures.

Preservation Chicago's 2004 most endangered:

  1. South Side Masonic Temple
  2. Prentice Hospital
  3. East Village Neighborhood
  4. The Isabella Building
  5. West Loop Mercantile
  6. Religious Structures
  7. Cook County Hospital