Built 1926 Designated NHL December 08, 1976 Added to NRHP 8 December 1976 | NRHP Reference # 76000686 Opened 1926 | |
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Location 4742 South Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Chicago, IL Architectural style Queen Anne style architecture Similar Oscar Stanton De Priest Ho, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, Arthur H Compton House, Frank R Lillie House, Robert A Millikan House | ||
The Robert S. Abbott House is the former home of Robert S. Abbott (1870-1940), founder and publisher of the Chicago Defender newspaper in 1905. It became the largest black-owned newspaper in the country and was considered to represent African Americans. Abbott became one of the few self-made black millionaires in the early 20th century.
His former house is located at 4742 South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago, Illinois, the building earned National Historic Landmark status in 1976.
Abbott lived in part of this house from 1926 until his death in 1940.
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