The limestone used on the exterior was brought from Bedford, Indiana and carved by a team of stone carvers at Ingalls Stone Company under the direction of Harry Liva. As they did on other occasions, the architects commissioned Henry Hering to produce architectural sculpture for the building. Insull selected the architecture firm Graham, Anderson, Probst & White who were responsible for numerous buildings in the downtown Chicago Loop (including the art deco Merchandise Mart and the former Morton Salt headquarters building next door to the Civic Opera House at 110 N Wacker, constructed in the 1950s). ![]() ![]() The building has been seen as being shaped like a huge chair and is sometimes referred to as "Insull's Throne" or "Insull's Folly." ![]() Samuel Insull envisioned and hired the design team for building a new opera house to serve as the home for the Chicago Civic Opera.
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