[2][1] Initial plans, unveiled in 1922, called for a nine story building, designed by Albert A. Schwartz, with work to begin in August 1922.

Leon Finney Jr. and served as the headquarters of The Woodlawn Organization, founded by Saul Alinsky.

[8] The Cook County Land Bank Authority took ownership in January 2018.

[11] In March 2019, the Cook County Land Bank Authority announced its intention to sell the building to a joint venture of DL3 Realty and Greenlighting Realty USA, which plans to demolish it.

[11] The building was included in Preservation Chicago's list of Chicago's 7 most endangered buildings in 2016 and 2020, and was added to Landmarks Illinois's list of the state's "most endangered historic places" in 2019.