[2] Leopoldo T. Ruiz, an academic who would later become the first Filipino president of the then American-run Silliman University, served as the mission's first consul general.

[3] In 1959, the consulate was involved in a minor diplomatic incident over traffic tickets issued by the Chicago Police Department (CPD).

[4] During the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos, the Consulate became one of the first missions to host an office of the then-newly formed Commission on Filipinos Overseas,[5] although the following year it was named as one of a number of "overstaffed" posts, with excess personnel being recalled as part of a wider rationalization program that also led to the shrinking of the Philippines' diplomatic presence abroad.

[1] On September 17, 2012, the consulate announced in a press release that it was relocating to the Peoples Gas Building down the street, with the new chancery promising to provide upgraded facilities and a better experience for visitors and guests.

[7] The Consulate occasionally serves as a venue for demonstrations relating to issues in the Philippines: In 2016, Filipinos in Chicago protested outside the chancery against Marcos's burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.