Built 1905 Designated NHL May 15, 1975 Added to NRHP 15 May 1975 | NRHP Reference # 75000655 Opened 1905 | |
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Location 442 E. 42nd Street Chicago, IL Architectural style Queen Anne style architecture Similar Oscar Stanton De Priest Ho, Robert S Abbott House, Arthur H Compton House, Frank R Lillie House, Robert A Millikan House | ||
The Daniel Hale Williams House is the former home of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams (1856-1931), one of the first major African American surgeons. Located at 445 East 42nd Street in Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago Illinois, the building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1975.
Dr. Dan as he was known was the first American doctor to perform what would later be known as open heart surgery. He operated on a man who had received a stab wound to the heart. At the time the prevailing practice for dealing with direct wounds to the heart was to let patient die since it was considered impossible to operate directly on the heart.
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