Built 1892 Designated NHL August 6, 1998 Opened 1892 Phone +1 312-573-1365 | NRHP Reference # 70000232 Designated CL August 20, 1972 Area 404.7 m² Added to NRHP 17 April 1970 | |
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Location 1365 N. Astor Street, Chicago, Illinois Address 1365 N Astor St, Chicago, IL 60610, USA Hours Closed now Saturday10AM–1PMSundayClosedMondayClosedTuesdayClosedWednesday12–1PMThursdayClosedFridayClosed Similar Emil Bach House, Heller House, Roloson Houses, Robie House, Arthur Heurtley House | ||
The James Charnley Residence is located in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood, at 1365 North Astor Street. The house is now called the Charnley–Persky House and is operated as a museum and organization headquarters by The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH). An Adler & Sullivan design, the townhouse is the work of Louis Sullivan and a young Frank Lloyd Wright, who was a junior draftsman in Sullivan's office at the time. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
The house was completed in 1892 for Charnley, a Chicago lumberman who lived in the house with his family for about a decade. The building was later owned by members of the Waller family, who invested in real estate. The house was purchased by the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in 1986 and subsequently restored. Seymour Persky purchased the house in 1995 and donated it to the SAH who renamed the building to the Charnley–Persky House to honor their benefactor.
The plain brick facade with simple ornamentation was quite different from other houses on the Gold Coast, but the interior is distinguished by rich ornamentation that is typical of Sullivan's work.