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| Essential
Architecture- Chicago
Loop North Hotel St. Benedict Flats |
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architect |
James J. Egan |
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location |
40-52 E. Chicago Ave. |
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date |
1882-83 |
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style |
Victorian High Gothic |
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construction |
Brick |
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type |
Apartment Building |
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A particularly fine--and rare--surviving example of Victorian Gothic
design, this is one of the city's best late-19th century apartment
buildings. Because early luxury apartments in America were viewed with
skepticism, the Chicago Avenue facade of this building was designed to
look like a series of four separate townhouses. The building was named
in honor of the Benedictine order, which had maintained a church on the
site until the Chicago Fire of 1871. The architect, James Egan, was
noted throughout the Midwest for his designs of residential, commercial,
government, and ecclesiastical buildings. |
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links |
With special thanks to the City of
Chicago website,
www.egov.cityofchicago.org , for much of the info on this page.
Photos copyright City of Chicago. |
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