Galter Pavilion

Galter Pavilion
General information
Status Complete
Location 675 N. St. Clair Street
Chicago, Illinois
Country United States
Coordinates 41°53′41″N 87°37′20″W / 41.8947°N 87.6222°W / 41.8947; -87.6222Coordinates: 41°53′41″N 87°37′20″W / 41.8947°N 87.6222°W / 41.8947; -87.6222
Construction started 1994
Completed 1997
Height 402.5 ft (122.68 m)
Technical details
Floor count 22
References
[1]

The Galter Pavilion is a skyscraper hospital building in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is part of Northwestern Memorial Hospital and is located at 675 N. St. Clair St.

The building is named after hospital benefactors Jack and Dollie Galter.[2] It is the second tallest hospital building in the Western Hemisphere, and is the fifth tallest in the world, just behind the neighboring and connected Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

The Galter Pavilion is joined to the hospital's Feinberg Pavilion on the first three floors. The buildings were constructed as the centerpiece of Northwestern Memorial Hospital in 1997. Together the buildings house a total of 2,134,920 square feet of space.[1] It currently houses a combination of inpatient and outpatient services.

References

  1. 1 2 "Galter Pavilion on EMPORIS". Emporis. 2012-06-05.
  2. "Dollie Galter Obituary". Chicago Tribune. 2001-04-20.
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