Yale Apartments

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The Yale
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Yale Apartments (USA)
Yale Apartments
Location: 6565 South Yale Avenue, Chicago, IL
Coordinates: 41°46′28.06″N 87°37′53.39″W / 41.7744611, -87.6314972Coordinates: 41°46′28.06″N 87°37′53.39″W / 41.7744611, -87.6314972
Built/Founded: 1892
Architect: John T. Long
Architectural style(s): Romanesque
Added to NRHP: March 05, 1998
NRHP Reference#: 98000178 [1]
Governing body: Private

The seven story Yale Apartments, also known as The Yale, is an important "first generation" residential high-rise, a building type made possible by advances in building structure and technology, and reflects the great growth in real estate development which typified the city in the 1890s. The building is a large-scale example of Romanesque Revival architecture style popularized by the buildings of Henry H. Richardson, and exhibits excellent craftsmanship in both materials and detailing. The Yale Apartments also possesses a rare interior atrium, ringed with galleries and topped by a glass-and-metal skylight.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 05, 1998, and later designated a Chicago Landmark on April 9, 2003.[1][2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  2. ^ a b Chicago Landmarks - Yale Apartments. Chicago Landmark. City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. (2007-07-23).
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