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Boyce Building
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National Register of Historic Places

Boyce Building

On the National Register since 199630 years
Commercial StyleListed 1996Chicago
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About Boyce Building

Boyce Building, at 500--510 N. Dearborn St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Feb 29, 1996. The Register lists it for its communications and social history, at the national level. It describes its style as Commercial Style, as it does for 44 other Illinois listings. Six more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHigh-rise office building in Chicago. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 63 MB · National Archives↗
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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 15 minutes

500--510 N. Dearborn St., Chicago · about 0.5 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Boyce BuildingStart here
  2. 2Cook County Criminal Court BuildingRomanesque Revival · Built 1893 · next door
  3. 3Chicago Varnish Company BuildingDutch Renaissance Revival · next door
  4. 4Reid Murdoch BuildingChicago School · 0.1 mi on
  5. 5Trustees System Service BuildingSkyscraper · 0.2 mi on
Around it

24 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BIBM BuildingInternational Style · Built 19730.1 miBTree Studio Building and AnnexesQueen Anne0.2 miBOld Chicago Historical Society BuildingRichardsonian Romanesque · Built 18920.2 miDMichigan-Wacker Historic DistrictDistrict0.3 mi★Du Sable, Jean Baptiste Point, HomesiteSite0.3 miBJ. P. Smith Shoe Company FactoryBuilding0.3 miBSamuel Nickerson HouseHigh Victorian · Built 18830.3 miBDelaware BuildingItalianate · Built 18740.4 miBManhattan BuildingChicago School · Built 18910.4 miBOliver BuildingChicago School0.4 miBPage Brothers BuildingBuilding0.4 miBBalaban and Katz Chicago TheatreBuilt 19210.4 miBHoly Name CathedralLate Victorian · Built 18740.4 miBVictor F. Lawson House YMCABuilding0.4 mi★Marshall Field Company StoreCommercial Style0.5 miBNew Masonic Building and Oriental TheaterBuilt 19260.5 miBThe Steuben ClubSkyscraper · Built 19290.5 miBHotel St. Benedict FlatsLate Victorian0.5 mi
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DChicago Avenue Water Tower and Pumping StationCastellated Gothic0.5 miBBuilding at 14-16 Pearson StreetQueen Anne · Built 18850.5 miBQuigley Preparatory SeminaryFrench Gothic Revival · Built 19170.5 miBAmerica Fore BuildingBuilding0.5 miBBush Temple of MusicBuilding0.5 miDWashington Square Historic DistrictItalianate0.5 mi
More like it

Commercial Style style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Commercial Style.

Marshall Field Company Store0.5 mi away
Loop Retail Historic District0.7 mi away
Silversmith Building0.7 mi away
Building at 900 West Lake StreetBuilt 1886 · 1.1 mi away

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Questions about Boyce Building

Is Boyce Building on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Feb 29, 1996 (Register number 96000080).

Is Boyce Building a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Illinois has 86 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Du Sable, Jean Baptiste Point, Homesite, 0.3 miles away.

Can you visit Boyce Building?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Boyce Building?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 63 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 28892574 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.