This is a model of the Schiller Building, later known as the Garrick Theater, which once stood in Chicago. The building was designed by Louis Sullivan and, in terms of architectural significance, was compared by some to the Parthenon. It was one of the first designs to exploit the potential of newly available steel, putting aside the historic forms which architects had struggled to bend and contort to taller and taller buildings. Unfortunately, the building was torn down and replaced by a parking lot in 1961. Some of the unique ornamentation (below) was removed from the building and is on display at the Chicago Art Institute.

A metal plaque was placed in the parking structure built on the Schiller site to commemorate the building: