{"nrhp_refnum":"86001195","name":"Hotel Del Prado","other_names":["Cooper--Carlton Hotel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5307 S. Hyde Park Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.79956247100006,"lon":-87.58394719299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-05-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A ten-story, H-shaped red brick and terra cotta apartment hotel at 5307 South Hyde Park Boulevard, at the corner of East 53rd Street in Chicago, built in 1918 by builder Sherman T. Cooper.","why_significant":"It is one of the earliest and largest of the Hyde Park apartment hotels. It blends neoclassical features with design motifs drawn from the American Indian. Its sculpted terra cotta Indian heads with feathered headdresses are among the finest examples of Chicago terra cotta work, and it is the only apartment hotel in its thematic group with human figures in its ornament.","narrative":"Hotel Del Prado is a ten-story apartment hotel built in 1918 on the southeast corner of South Hyde Park Boulevard and East 53rd Street in Chicago. Its H-shaped plan, red brick walls and terra cotta base echo the neoclassical character of the neighboring Hampton House, which was built a year earlier. The arcaded base has large Palladian windows and arched doorways, and commercial spaces occupy the two-story base on the west side. The building holds 198 apartments, making it one of the largest of the Hyde Park apartment hotels. Its main distinction is the ornament: vertical terra cotta trim along the outer bays ends in finely sculpted Indian heads with feathered headdresses just below the dentiled cornice. These figures are regarded as outstanding examples of Chicago terra cotta craftsmanship, and the building is the only one in its group of apartment hotels to use human forms in its decoration. Later changes include glass block infill in two openings and replacement metal windows.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Sherman T. Cooper, Builder","architectural_style":"Neoclassical","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The building contains 198 apartments and several commercial spaces in its base. Some arched openings have been filled with glass block and new metal double-hung windows have been installed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.805972-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/50/8909/28890950/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/86001195.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001195/d32a17729f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001195/d32a17729f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20080630_Del_Prado.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20080630_Del_Prado.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890950","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Del_Prado","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78511255"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/hotel-del-prado-86001195/"}