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| Essential
Architecture- Chicago
South and West Elam House |
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architect |
Henry L. Newhouse |
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location |
4726 S. Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. |
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date |
1903 |
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style |
Chateauesque |
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construction |
Stone |
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type |
House |
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This 32-room, Chateauesque-style mansion was built by Simon L. Marks, the
owner of a wholesale custom tailoring company. It was purchased in 1926
by Melissia Ann Elam, who operated it for many years as an elegant
boarding house for single, African-American working women. The house was
an important community institution when this area was the center of the
city's African-American cultural life. |
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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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