Yale Apartments

The Yale Apartments, also known as The Yale, is a seven-story building located in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is an important "first generation" residential high-rise, a building type made possible by advances in building structure and technology, and reflects the great growth in real estate development which typified the city in the 1890s. The building is a large-scale example of Romanesque Revival architecture style popularized by the buildings of Henry H. Richardson, and exhibits excellent craftsmanship in both materials and detailing. The Yale Apartments also possesses a rare interior atrium, ringed with galleries and topped by a glass-and-metal skylight.[2]

The Yale
The Yale Apartments
Location6565 South Yale Avenue, Chicago, IL
Coordinates41°46′28.06″N 87°37′53.39″W
Built1892
ArchitectJohn T. Long
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.98000178 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 5, 1998
Designated CLApril 9, 2003

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 5, 1998, and later designated a Chicago Landmark on April 9, 2003.[1][2]

The Yale was originally built as luxury apartments for the Chicago Exposition. In the late 1930s/early 1940s, the empty building was purchased and the interior gutted and converted to studio, 1 and 2 bedroom apartments. One top floor apartment had the addition of a staircase up to a rooftop room referred to as the penthouse.

Notes
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "Chicago Landmarks - Yale Apartments". Chicago Landmark. City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2007-07-23.


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