Compton, Arthur H., House
Historic house in Chicago, Illinois. Built 1916. Added to the National Register in 1976, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Arthur H. Compton House is a historic house at 5637 South Woodlawn Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1905 and designed by architects Holabird & Roche, it was the residence of physicist Arthur Compton (1892–1962) from 1928 until 1945. Compton discovered the Compton Effect in 1923, proving that light has both a particle and a wave aspect. Compton received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 for this discovery. His house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 5637 Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL |
| County | Cook County |
| Listed | May 11, 1976 |
| Reference number | 76000687 |
| Built | 1916 |
| Type of place | house |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 5637 Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL |
| Coordinates | 41.79202, -87.59634 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Pullman National Historical Park · 7 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | West Beach Picnic Shelters 23 mi · Chellberg Farm Picnic Shelters 29 mi · Dunbar Group Site 32 mi |
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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 76000687. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.