{"nrhp_refnum":"80001345","name":"Drake Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"140 E. Walton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.900497261000055,"lon":-87.62430364899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-05-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 13-story, H-shaped limestone hotel at 140 East Walton Street in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, completed in 1920 to designs by Marshall and Fox.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel is significant for its architectural design, for the architects who created it, and for its contribution to Chicago's urban design. Its Italian Renaissance styling reflects a return to more correct historical models around the First World War. It also anchors the northern end of Michigan Avenue and defines the character of its neighborhood.","narrative":"Occupying a corner site where Walton Street, Michigan Avenue and East Lake Shore Drive meet, the Drake Hotel is a 13-story limestone building completed in 1920 and designed by the firm of Marshall and Fox. The building shifts from a rectangular base to an H-plan at the third story, giving light and air to guest rooms on all sides. Its facade draws on the Italian Renaissance, with pilasters, columns, balconettes, a belt course and a dentiled cornice. Shops line the ground floor, while the main public rooms, including the grand ballroom, are on the second floor in the manner of a piano nobile. The nomination presents the hotel as a fine example of the period's return to classical models and as an important part of Chicago's cityscape. It sits at the northern end of Michigan Avenue, on land created by landfill in the Streeterville area, and helps define the character of the surrounding neighborhood. Its alterations have been minor.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Marshall and Fox","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts / Renaissance Revival (Italian Renaissance articulation)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition and little altered; used as a hotel. Single-pane windows have replaced sash windows on the upper stories.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.190145-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/17/8925/28892517/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/80001345.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001345/1e254658b2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001345/1e254658b2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drake_Hotel_Chicago_postcard_1920.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drake_Hotel_Chicago_postcard_1920.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892517","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_Hotel_(Chicago)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5305603"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/drake-hotel-80001345/"}