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| Essential Architecture- Chicago Loop North Hotel St. Benedict Flats | |
architect | James J. Egan |
location | 40-52 E. Chicago Ave. |
date | 1882-83 |
style | Victorian High Gothic |
construction | Brick |
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. | |
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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