{"nrhp_refnum":"82000391","name":"Hotel Windermere East","other_names":["Windermere House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1642 E. 56th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.79317087900006,"lon":-87.58328721599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A twelve-story apartment hotel at 1642 East 56th Street in Hyde Park, Chicago, completed in early 1924 and designed by Rapp & Rapp, Architects. It was built as a companion to the original Windermere Hotel of 1892.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a classic, well-preserved 1920s apartment hotel and the most prominent survivor of its kind in Chicago, since neighboring lakefront hotels were heavily altered or demolished. It is also presented as the most impressive Rapp and Rapp work not tied to show business, and as part of the cultural history of the Hyde Park and University of Chicago community.","narrative":"Overlooking Jackson Park and near the Museum of Science and Industry, this twelve-story hotel at 1642 East 56th Street in Chicago's Hyde Park opened in early 1924. Designed by Rapp & Rapp, it held 200 apartments and 482 guest rooms, and it was built as a companion to the earlier Windermere Hotel of 1892, with which it shared underground tunnels. Its light cream brick walls carry terra cotta trim in a free adaptation of Renaissance Revival elements, and a marquise of iron and glass shelters the south entrance. It is considered important as the best-preserved survivor of the grand apartment hotels that once lined the South Side lakefront, while others were altered or demolished. The Crystal Ballroom and Anchorage Rooms were local gathering places, and the hotel hosted visitors to the University of Chicago and sports teams. At the time of listing, owners were restoring the exterior and public spaces and converting the upper floors to rental apartments.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1923-24)","architect_builder":"Rapp & Rapp, Architects","architectural_style":"Free adaptation of Renaissance Revival elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as apartments at the time of nomination, with restoration and adaptation work in progress.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.460377-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/8909/28890940/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/82000391.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82000391/29c5f0009b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82000391/29c5f0009b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_Windermere_East_(7373045870).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_Windermere_East_(7373045870).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890940","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Windermere","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16892481"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/hotel-windermere-east-82000391/"}