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Sherman House Hotel

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Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Ill (72169) (1)
Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Ill (72169) (1)

The Sherman House was a hotel in Chicago, Illinois that existed from 1837 until 1973, with various iterations standing at the same site at the northwest corner of Randolph Street and Clark Street. Long one of the city's major hotels, the hotel declined in the 1950s, closed in 1973, and its building was demolished in 1980 to make room for the James R. Thompson Center.

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