3. IMPORTANT DATES IN CAA HISTORY
1890
The CAA is
founded
1893
The CAA
is
completed
1971
First female
members.
2007
The club
closes.
2012
Renovation
work begins
2015
CCR
officially
opens.
2017
Joey joins
the team.
4. 1890
The Chicago Athletic Association is founded
"to Provide a Setting for Athletic, Business and
Social Activities“
AKA
rich old dudes wanted a place to hide from their
wives and family
5. RICH DUDES
Albert Goodwill Spalding
founder of A.G. Spalding
sporting goods
Cyrus Hall McCormick
Inventor of the mechanical
reaper
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field &
Company department stores.
7. • First great success came when, at the age of 22, he
won a design compition for the Chicago Union Club
• Known for his "Victorian Gothic" design aesthetic
• Participated in the planning of the World's Columbia
Exposition.
• Designed 15 buildings from 1890-1900
8. Cobb’s Other Chicago Works
Chicago Varnish Company Building (1895)
33 West Kinzie St.
15. The CAA was a major participant
and supporter of local organized
sports.
American Football
Olympic Swimming
Track & Field
Gold Glove Boxing
Yacht Racing
29. Social Drinking…
During Prohibition, the Milk Room
was a speakeasy joint.
CAA members were served
booze in mugs
to give the illusion they
were drinking coffee.
32. - So named for the Cherry Wood lined walls.
-Men’s only bar and restaurant.
-Women were invited for special events.
-The dome lights and bar were installed in the
mid 1950s.
42. The building was on the brink of
being demolished.
2011 it was included on the Chicago
& Illinois Landmarks annual
"endangered buildings" list.
43. 2012
Purchased by Pritzker Family
and AJ Capital for $13 million.
Construction began on the building's
second life as a hotel with new
architecture firm
Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture.
44. As much of the original interior
as possible was preserved.
