Powhatan Apartments
Powhatan Apartments | |
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May 28, 2007 (Memorial Day) | |
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General information | |
Location | 4950 S. Chicago Beach Dr. Chicago, Illinois |
Coordinates | 41°48′17″N 87°35′03″W / 41.8046°N 87.5843°W |
Construction started | 1927 |
Completed | 1929 |
Height | |
Roof | 270 feet (82 m) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 22 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Charles Morgan |
Designated | January 12, 1993 |
References | |
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The Powhatan or Powhatan Apartments is a 22-story luxury apartment building overlooking Lake Michigan and adjacent to Burnham Park in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.[2] The building was designed by architects Robert De Golyer and Charles L. Morgan.[3] Much of the Art Deco detailing is attributed to Morgan who was associated with Frank Lloyd Wright. The exterior of the luxury-apartment highrise reflects Eliel Saarinen's second place design for the Tribune Tower competition of 1922.[3] The building's terra-cotta ornamental panels feature conventionalized scenes based upon Native American culture.
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This housing cooperative is a residential high-rise on Chicago's South Side.[4] The building also hosts the only 24-hour elevator operators in Chicago.[4] Since it and many of the neighboring high-rise apartment buildings are named for Native American tribes (such as the Algonquin, The Chippewa and the Narragansett), the area has been given the tongue-in-cheek name "Indian Village".[5] It was designated a Chicago Landmark on January 12, 1993.[6]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Emporis building ID 117561". Emporis. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ http://www.powhatanchicago.com[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Sinkevitch, Alice; Petersen, Laurie McGovern, eds. (2004). AIA Guide to Chicago (2nd ed.). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 427. ISBN 0156029081.
- ^ a b "The Powhatan". Emporis. 2007. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2007.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Indian Village, Chicago". Emporis. Archived from the original on May 12, 2004. Retrieved May 14, 2007.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Powhatan Apartments". City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2003. Archived from the original on April 28, 2007. Retrieved May 13, 2007.
- Apartment buildings in Chicago
- Residential skyscrapers in Chicago
- South Side, Chicago
- Housing cooperatives in the United States
- Residential buildings completed in 1929
- Art Deco architecture in Illinois
- 1929 establishments in Illinois
- Chicago school architecture in Illinois
- Chicago Landmarks
- Cooperatives based in Illinois
- Chicago building and structure stubs