National Historic Landmark · single-family detached home · Chicago, Illinois

Charnley, James, House

Historic house in Chicago, Illinois. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1970Frank Lloyd Wright
963 WEST (FRONT) FACADE, BALCONY DETAIL HABS ILL,16-CHIG,12-4Charnley Residence North room first floor MANTEL DETAIL HABS ILL,16-CHIG,12-5Charnley Residence stair well interior detail HABS ILL,16-CHIG,12-7Charnley-Persky House, Astor Street and Schiller Street, Gold Coast, Chicago, IL (2023)
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What it is

Wikipedia · James Charnley House

The James Charnley House is a learned society headquarters and historic house museum at 1365 North Astor Street, along the Gold Coast, in the Near North Side of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Designed by Louis Sullivan of Adler & Sullivan and his apprentice Frank Lloyd Wright for the lumber magnate James Charnley, it was completed in 1892. The house is one of Sullivan's few residential works and one of the only buildings where both Sullivan and Wright were significantly involved in the design. It is owned by the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH), which operates the Charnley–Persky House Museum and uses the building as a headquarters. The Charnley–Persky House is designated as a Chicago landmark and a National Historic Landmark.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address1365 N. Astor St., Chicago, IL
CountyCook County
ListedApr 17, 1970
Reference number70000232
ArchitectFrank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan
Type of placesingle-family detached home
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, Chicago Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

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

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Open to the public
Address1365 N. Astor St., Chicago, IL
Coordinates41.90768, -87.62774 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitPullman National Historical Park · 15 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyWest Beach Picnic Shelters 29 mi · Chellberg Farm Picnic Shelters 34 mi · Dunbar Group Site 36 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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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 70000232. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.