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The Arts Club of Chicago has had a total of seven locations, with interiors all designed by Chicagoans. The Fine Arts Building at 401 S. Michigan Avenue (1916–18), 610 S. Michigan Avenue (1918–24), and Wrigley Building, north tower (1924–36), were each created by architect Arthur Heun along with interior designer and then president, Rue Winterbotham Carpenter. The Wrigley Building, south tower (1936–47), was designed by Heun and then president Elizabeth “Bobsy” Goodspeed Chapman, with the dining room by interior designers Samuel Marx and Noel Flint. 109 E. Ontario Street (1951–95), designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, was the only interior space executed for a building he did not design. 222 W. Superior Street (1995–97) was the interim space while the current Arts Club was being built. The Vinci/Hamp Architects, Inc.-designed building at 201 E. Ontario Street opened in 1997. It is the first building owned by The Arts Club and houses the famous Mies van der Rohe-designed steel staircase preserved from the demolition of the 109 E. Ontario Street site.