South Loop Printing House District is a historic district

Historic district

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 in the downtown Chicago Loop

Chicago Loop

The Loop or Chicago Loop is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas located in the City of Chicago, Illinois. It is the historic commercial center of downtown Chicago...

 area of Chicago

Chicago

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, Illinois

Illinois

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. It is not the same as Printing House Row District

Printing House Row District

The Printing House Row District is a U.S. historic district on the 500 through 800 blocks of South Dearborn, South Federal and South Plymouth Streets in the Loop community area of Chicago, IL...

 (also known as South Dearborn Street-Printing House Row Historic District) which is a different district.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1978.

Places included in the district that are separately listed on the National Register include: the Pontiac Building, Dearborn Station, and the Manhattan Building.