Built 1927 Opened 1927 Phone +1 773-752-3800 Added to NRHP 14 May 1986 | NRHP Reference # 86001194 Area 809.4 m² Architectural style Neoclassical architecture | |
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Address 5500 S Shore Dr # 101, Chicago, IL 60637, USA Similar South Shore Cultural, Bessemer Park, Midway Plaisance, Shoreland Hotel, Jackson Park | ||
Flamingo on the lake apartments top 5 facts
The Flamingo-on-the-Lake Apartments, also known as the Flamingo Apartment Hotel, is a building located at 5500-5520 S. Shore Drive along Lake Michigan in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The 16-story apartment building was built with 144 apartments and 16 hotel rooms in 1927; it also featured an outdoor pool and bathhouse. It was designed in the Classical Revival style; its exterior is red brick with terra cotta ornamentation and a dentillated cornice. It and the adjacent building, The Promontory Apartments, a co-op building designed by Mies van der Rohe, are the furthest east buildings in Hyde Park.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 14, 1986.
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