Murphy Auditorium Ornament

Adorn your tree this holiday season with a touch of Gilded Age extravagance.

Located at 50 E. Erie Street, the six-story, 32,193-square-foot Murphy Auditorium was built between 1923 and 1926 by the American College of Surgeons. It was added to the Driehaus Museum’s footprint in 2022.

Designed by noted Chicago architects Benjamin Marshall and Charles E. Fox of Marshall and Fox, the Murphy originally served as a center for surgical research, education, and advancement and to develop programs for the standardization of hospitals. Erected as a monument to Dr. John B. Murphy (1857-1916), the building has become an artistic landmark for all who come to see great architecture in Chicago. 

Its iconic limestone exterior is Marshall’s interpretation of the double-columned, two-story façade and flanking entry staircase of the Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Consolation (1900) in Paris which memorializes the victims of a fire. The building features a pair of cast bronze doors produced by Tiffany Studios at the front entrance, comprised of six panels depicting prominent figures in the history of medicine: Aesculapius, Pasteur, Osler, Lister, McDowell, and Gorgas. It also has a towering, multicolored stained-glass window inside the auditorium.

Material: Etched brass
Dimensions: 3" x 3"
Packaged in black box, dimensions: 4.5" x 3.75" x .75"
Made in the USA