Completed 1929 Floor count 22 Designated January 12, 1993 Height 82 m Construction started 1927 | Roof 270 feet (82 m) Architect Charles Morgan Floors 22 Opened 1929 | |
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Location 4950 S. Chicago Beach Dr.
Chicago, Illinois Similar Heyworth Building, Brooks Building, New York Life Insurance, Peoples Gas Building, Roanoke Building | ||
The Powhatan or Powhatan Apartments is a 22-story luxury apartment building overlooking Lake Michigan and adjacent to Burnham Park in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The building was designed by architects Robert De Golyer and Charles L. Morgan. Much of the Art Deco detailing is attributed to Morgan who was associated with Frank Lloyd Wright. The exterior of the luxury-apartment highrise reflects Eliel Saarinen's second place design for the Tribune Tower competition of 1922. The building's terra-cotta ornamental panels feature conventionalized scenes based upon Native American culture.
Map of Powhatan Apartments, Chicago, IL 60615, USA
This housing cooperative is a residential high-rise on Chicago's South Side. The building also hosts the only 24-hour elevator operators in Chicago. Since it and many of the neighboring high-rise apartment buildings are named for Native American tribes (such as the Algonquin, The Chippewa and the Narragansett), the area has been given the tongue-in-cheek name "Indian Village". It was designated a Chicago Landmark on January 12, 1993.