National Historic Landmark · house · Chicago, Illinois

Abbott, Robert S., House

Historic house in Chicago, Illinois. Added to the National Register in 1976, and a National Historic Landmark.

National Historic LandmarkListed 1976Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
Abbott, Robert S., House
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What it is

Wikipedia · Robert S. Abbott House

The Robert S. Abbott House is a historic house in the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago, Illinois.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address4742 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr., Chicago, IL
CountyCook County
ListedDec 8, 1976
Reference number76000686
Type of placehouse
StyleQueen Anne style architecture in the United States
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources2 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

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Address4742 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr., Chicago, IL
Coordinates41.81002, -87.61619 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitPullman National Historical Park · 8 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyWest Beach Picnic Shelters 25 mi · Chellberg Farm Picnic Shelters 30 mi · Dunbar Group Site 33 mi
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 76000686. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.