Robert S. Abbott House

	Robert S. Abbott House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	Robert S. Abbott House
Location	4742 South Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive,; Chicago, IL
Coordinates	41°48′28.9″N 87°37′1.4″W / 41.808028°N 87.617056°W
Built	c. 1900
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	76000686
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 8, 1976
Designated NHL	December 08, 1976

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

Built in 1900, it was the home of Robert S. Abbott, founder and publisher of the Chicago Defender, the most-circulated African-American newspaper in the nation, from 1926 up until his death in 1940. His home was designated a National Historic Landmark status in 1976.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Description and history

The Robert S. Abbott House stands on Chicago's South Side, north of Washington Park on the west side of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and on the same block as the Harold Washington Cultural Center on the east side.

It stands at the southern end of a group of row houses, and is the left side of an asymmetrical duplex. Its construction date is unknown, but is estimated to be about 1900 based on its architectural style, which is a combination of Late Victorian and Neo-Classical elements.

The combined units share a hip roof, with that on the left featuring a large projecting gabled section two bays in width. To its right, a single bay set next to the entrance to the adjacent unit, while the on its left, the unit's entrance is sheltered under a separate side porch. The interior, which has been further broken up into separate living units, retains some of its original elements.^[4]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ ^a ^b "Robert S. Abbott House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2008-01-03. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
^ National Register of Historic Places: Illinois - Cook County. National Register of Historic Places.com. Retrieved on 25 June 2007.
^ ^a ^b Gomez-Graves, Lynne (June 30, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Robert S. Abbott House" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) and Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 1976. (451 KB)

External links

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. IL-1092, "Robert S. Abbott House, 4742 Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, Cook County, IL", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[nhlsum-2] "Robert S. Abbott House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2008-01-03. Retrieved 2008-03-02.

[CookRegister-3] National Register of Historic Places: Illinois - Cook County. National Register of Historic Places.com. Retrieved on 25 June 2007.

[nrhpinv2-4] Gomez-Graves, Lynne (June 30, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Robert S. Abbott House" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) and Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 1976. (451 KB)

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Robert S. Abbott House

Description and history

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