Jackson Shore Apartments

United States historic place


Jackson Shore Apartments
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


41°47′44″N 87°34′51″W / 41.79556°N 87.58083°W / 41.79556; -87.58083 (Jackson Shore Apartments)
Area	0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built	1916 (1916)-18
Architect	Rapp & Rapp
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	10000175^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 12, 2010

The Jackson Shore Apartments are a historic apartment building in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The building was built in 1916–18, at which time Hyde Park was a popular and growing neighborhood. Architects Rapp & Rapp, who were more famous for their work on theaters, designed the Classical Revival building; the style, which conveyed dignity and luxury to apartment-seekers, was a departure from their more elaborate theater designs. The eleven-and-a-half story building's design includes towers at the front corners, detailed stonework on the first floor, a bracketed stringcourse below the top floor, and a frieze above the top floor. The interior continues the classical theming with wood paneling and egg-and-dart molding. While many luxury apartment buildings were built in Hyde Park in the early 20th century, the Jackson Shore Apartments are one of the few well-preserved surviving examples.^[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 12, 2010.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ Benjamin, Susan S. (August 20, 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Jackson Shore Apartments" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved October 20, 2019.^{[dead link]}