Preservation Chicago hosted the Chicago 7 Most Endangered 2025 Coach Bus Tour

Saturday, September 6, 2025.  The coach bus tour led by Ward Miller, Jacob Kaplan (Preservation Chicago and Forgotten Chicago) and Patrick Steffes (Docomomo and Forgotten Chicago).  The bus was full and many people shared that they enjoyed the tour.

We toured all Preservation Chicago 2025 Chicago 7 Most Endangered

1. The Delaware Building 1872-1874, Wheelock & Thomas, with 1889 addition by Julius Huber, 36 W. Randolph Street
2. Clarence Darrow Memorial Bridge/Columbia Bridge 1880, Burnham and Root, in Jackson Park at 1766 Columbia Drive)
3. Joseph Jacob (J.J.) Walser House 1903, Frank Lloyd Wright, 42 N. Central Avenue
4. Olivet Baptist Church 1876, Wilcox and Miller, 3101 S. King Drive
5. Central Manufacturing District Clock Tower 1917, Samuel Scott Joy, 2000 W. Pershing Road
6. Western Boulevard Industrial Buildings 4200 to 4500 S. Western Boulevard
   1. 4501 S. Western – O Cedar Corp
   2.  4435 S. Western – Wheatland Tube
   3.  4425 S. Western – Wheatland Tube / American Plumbing
   4. 4401 S. Western – Wheatland Tube / Cold Part
   5. 4335 S. Western – Kinsella Landscaping Building
   6. 4311 S. Western – Whitney Ford
   7. 4301 S. Western – Illinois Fibre Specialty C viii. 4235 S. Western – MK Cabinet Supply
7. St. Martin’s Church 1895, Henry J. Schlacks, 5848 S. Princeton Avenue