alfred altshuler, christian x storm holabird and roche, jenny mundy and jensen, albert kahn. we'll talk a little bit more about him. well, they were here in chicago for two main reasons. number one, many came after the great chicago fire of 1871. and here's a photograph. the day after the fire at the intersection of state and madison in chicago, total devastation and not a horseless vehicle to be horseless carriage to be found. all horse drawn vehicles. but that's going to change very quickly. in addition, in 1893, chicago hosted the world's columbia exposition. and many architects came to chicago in advance to design the exhibit halls and the pavilions for this particular event. so chicago was rich with architects. so let's take a look specifically at some of those motorcars showrooms, beginning with ford. no surprise there. henry ford wanted to have his first store outside of detroit, located in chicago. and it's the oldest remaining showroom. it was opened in 1905 by henry himself. it was a company owned store. it was not a dealership. it was designed by architect christia