 Situated at the intersection of East Lake Street and North Wabash Avenue , the Old Dearborn Bank Building was constructed between 1926 and 1928 with ornate medieval and mythological terra @-@ cotta decoration that was typical of movie palaces that were its contemporaries . The neoclassical architecture designed building is one of only two Rapp and Rapp buildings designed as an office building . Soon after the Old Dearborn Bank opened in 1928 , it was acquired and its parent company was liquidated in the United States ' Great Depression . The building , which is 27 stories high , was designated a Chicago Landmark on June 4 , 2003 . The 300 @-@ foot ( 91 @.@ 4 m ) light brown brick building with a steel structure includes 25 floors above ground and two below . 
