The Former Chicago Historical Society Building is the official name of a historic landmark located on the northwest corner of Dearborn and Ontario streets in downtown Chicago. Built in 1892, it is a prime example of Henry Ives Cobb's Romanesque Revival architecture, and the home of the Chicago Historical Society prior to relocating to Lincoln Park. This large granite-clad building is simply known as "Excalibur" or "Vision" by Chicago's populous, because it houses two popular nightclubs with those names. Henceforth, Excalibur will be used as a substitute title to the cumbersome name, "Former Chicago Historical Society Building." The term National landmark may refer to one of two programs of the United States government: National Historic Landmark National Natural Landmark Also see: Listed building (United Kingdom equivalent) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Henry Ives Cobb 1859-1931, was a Chicago-based architect in the last decades of the 19th century, known for his designs in the Romanesque and Victorian Gothic styles. ... A style of building in the late 19th century (roughly 1840 and 1900) inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque style of architecture. ... Architecture (in Greek αρχή = first and τέχνη = craftsmanship) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... Chicago Historical Society was founded in 1856. ... Lincoln Park is located in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The name may be used to describe Lincoln Park as a community on the citys north side; Lincoln Park, the park primarily within that community; or the zoo within the parks southern area. ... A nightclub (often dance club or club, particularly in the UK) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ...

History and Urban Legends

It is factual that the Chicago Historical Society ceased to use the building as a museum in 1931. It is also certain that Excalibur was a prestigious design school, and a recording studio for rock n' roll and blues performers during the 1950s and 60s. However, what is unclear is the belief that the building housed corpses from a shipwreck, was a mob-related murder scene, a pornographic theater, and a crack house before it was turned into Limelight Nightclub in 1985. Rock and roll (also spelled rock n roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... For the emotional state, see Depression (mood). ...

Patrons and employees reported strange occurrences, such as glasses falling and shattering for no explainable reason. People claim that they saw a child, and a woman wearing red dress briefly appear, before vanishing in thin air. Excalibur gained so much notoriety that it was featured on the History Channel's Haunted History program. The History Channel is a cable television channel, dedicated to the presentation of historical events and persons, often with frequent observations and explanations by noted historians as well as reenactors and witnesses to events, if possible. ... Haunted History was a 1998 UFA/Cafe Productions series exploring the supernatural. ...

Vision and Excalibur Nightclubs

Excalibur was a popular hangout for Dennis Rodman when he played professional basketball for the Chicago Bulls during the late 1990s. Vision is a large multi-level, multi-room nightclub that caters to anyone how likes hip-hop, trance, and or house music. Chicago attracts people from all over the nation to visit Vision, when internationally well-known DJs such as Armin van Buuren or James Holden play live sets at the venue. Dennis Keith Rodman (born May 13, 1961 in Trenton, New Jersey) was a professional basketball player mostly known for his controversial antics on and off the court and as a top defender and rebounder. ... The Chicago Bulls are a National Basketball Association team based in Chicago, Illinois. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began among urban African Americans and Latinos in New York City in the early 1970s, and has since spread around the world. ... Trance music is a subgenre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s. ... House music refers to a collection of styles of electronic dance music, the earliest forms beginning in the early- to mid- 1980s. ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... Armin van Buuren (b. ... Progressive dance DJ/producer James Holden first appeared on the scene with his 1999 track, Horizons. ...

External Links

Chicago Landmarks, Former Chicago Historical Society Building

Gaper's Block listing haunted places in Chicago

Vision Nightclub