The Marquette Building, completed in 1895, is a Chicago landmark that was built by the George A. Fuller Company and designed by architects Holabird & Roche.

The building was one of the early steel frame skyscrapers of its day, and is considered one of the best examples of the Chicago School of architecture.

[3] The building originally had a reddish, terra cotta exterior that, prior to restoration, was somewhat blackened due to decades of Loop soot.

[9] The lobby of the Marquette Building connects with the D.H. Burnham & Company–designed The National to the west, providing a pedway from Dearborn to Clark.

[3] The architects, Holabird & Roche, used trademark long horizontal bay "Chicago windows" on the Marquette Building.

[13] Four bas relief panels over the main entrance by sculptor Hermon Atkins MacNeil show different scenes from Marquette's trip through the Great Lakes region,[14] ending with one depicting his burial.

[7] The hexagonal railing around the lobby atrium is decorated with a mosaic frieze by the Tiffany studio depicting events in the life of Jacques Marquette, his exploration of Illinois, and Native Americans he met.

[8][20] On October 16, 2007, the Foundation opened a new interactive audio visual exhibit on the first floor, detailing the history of the building and its contribution to Chicago architecture.