The Rotary movement was born on the evening of 23 rd Feb, 1905, when Paul Harris, then a young Lawyer who felt somewhat lost and alone in the sprawling city of Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A, met with three friends to discuss an idea that he had been developing. The three men were Silvester Schiele, a local dealer, Gustavus E. Loehr, a mining engineer, and Hiram Shorey, a merchant tailor. They met in Gus Loehr's office in the Unity Building , which is still standing at 127 North Dearborn Street .