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The ballroom was designed by Rapp & Rapp, who created most of the city’s most luxurious and ornately detailed theaters and dance halls, including the Uptown, Riviera, and Cadillac Palace, among others. The Trianon was the first ballroom in Chicago that required men to wear a coat and tie.
On December 6, 1922—100 years ago—at 62nd Street and Cottage Grove, in the Woodlawn neighborhood, the Trianon Ballroom opened its doors and counted itself among the city’s nightlife destinations.
The Trianon Ballroom was the name given to a number of ballrooms in cities during America's big-band era. The first and most prominent Trianon opened December 6, 1922 in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, and was marketed as "The World's Most Beautiful Ballroom". [1]
Hyped by its co-owner, hotelier John Savage, as the largest dancehall west of Chicago when it opened on May 20, 1927, the Trianon Ballroom had an outsized impact on Seattle during its three decades of musical activity. Designed by Warren H. Milner, the Mediterranean-themed building (with a Mission-style parapet tower) covered half of a city block.
Their first dance hall project was the 1922 Trianon Ballroom in Chicago designed by renowned theater architects Rapp & Rapp. With hopes of duplicating the success of the Trianon, the brothers opened the Aragon on July 15, 1926, once again turning to movie theater experts for building design.
Trianon Ballroom. Address: 6201 S. Cottage Grove Avenue. City: Chicago. Region: Illinois. Country: USA.
Collection summary Photographs, advertisements, and postcards relating to the Trianon Ballroom and the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago (Ill.). The collection includes floor plans; postcards; interior and exterior photographs of both dance halls; and publicity photographs of musicians who performed at both ballrooms.
Chicago has had more than its fair share of big band and jazz dance halls across the city to accommodate nearly everyone’s musical taste. On December 6, 1922—100 years ago—at … Learn More
The quest for decorum also led to the rigid racial segregation in the new dance-hall public culture. The Trianon, White City Ballroom and Casino, and the Coconut Grove Ballroom had a whites-only policy. Thus, dance halls emerged for the African Americans streaming to the South Side.
Photographs, advertisements, and postcards relating to the Trianon Ballroom and the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago (Ill.). The collection includes floor plans; postcards; interior and exterior photographs of both dance halls; and publicity photographs of musicians who performed at both ballrooms