The idea for Central Music Hall was conceived by
George B. Carpenter, a local promoter of concerts and lectures. The mixed-use building included a theater, six stories of office space and street-level storefronts. The theater became nationally known for its excellent acoustics. On April 30, 1901, the building was demolished to make way for the main store of
Marshall Field & Company, now Macy's, which still occupies the site. Adler died around the same time, in 1900, and a tall, reddish granite column (visible in
picture, main right side entrance) from the State Street entrance was preserved and placed at Adler's grave at
Mount Mayriv Cemetery. The second column was also saved and now marks the grave of Edwin Walker (1833–1910) at
Rosehill Cemetery, however it was heavily modified and doesn't look like the original Adler-designed column. Walker was a friend of Adler, the two often ate dinner together, and he was a stone quarry contractor who probably had provided the granite for the columns when Central Music Hall was built. ==References==