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. It is currently the main building of the

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. Built in 1916, it was designed by the Chicago architectural firm of Graham, Burnham & Co. It was originally known as the Kimball Building and was the home of the W. W. Kimball Company, a manufacturer of

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. The building included Kimball Hall , a five hundred seat recital hall, which was an important music venue in Chicago from the time the building opened into the 1950s. In 1955 the building was purchased by

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through a gift by Frank J. Lewis. An earlier building, also known as Kimball Hall, stood on the same site from 1891-1916.

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