The Sullivan Center, also called the Carson Pirie Scott Building, stands at 1 South State Street at the southeast corner of East Madison Street in Chicago. Louis Sullivan designed the first phase in 1899 and the second in 1903 for Schlesinger & Mayer. D. H. Burnham & Company added a third section in 1906 and 1907. The building is 12 stories tall.
The lowest two stories are cast iron, and the upper section is white terra cotta bands over steel and cast-iron columns. George Grant Elmslie is credited with much of the ornament. Carson's leased it and ran its store until 2006.
The article lists National Register status in 1970, Chicago Landmark status in 1970 and National Historic Landmark status in 1975. Holabird & Root designed a 1961 annex. The building has 400,000 square feet of office space, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago was among the office tenants when it sold in 2018.
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