Chicago Beach Hotel

Chicago Beach Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates:	41°48′8.3″N 87°35′12.96″W / 41.802306°N 87.5869333°W / 41.802306; -87.5869333Coordinates: 41°48′8.3″N 87°35′12.96″W / 41.802306°N 87.5869333°W / 41.802306; -87.5869333
Built:	1929
Architect:	Pearson,Warner M.; Beachview Building Corp.
Architectural style:	Art Deco
Governing body:	Private
MPS:	Hyde Park Apartment Hotels TR
NRHP Reference#:	86001193 [1]
Added to NRHP:	May 14, 1986

Chicago Beach Hotel Postcard (1910)

The Chicago Beach Hotel was located in the Indian Village neighborhood of the Kenwood community area of Chicago, Illinois, on the property that currently houses Regents Park. The Hotel was built at East Hyde Park Boulevard (51st Street) and Cornell Avenue in 1890.^[2] It was one of many speculative hotels built to accommodate the Columbian Exposition of 1893.^[2] In 1912 a huge 12 story addition was constructed.^[3]

The building extended to Lake Michigan.^[4] The building resembled the Hyde Park Hotel and probably shared architects.^[2] The building was rebuilt as a 12 story resort. Many Chicagoans of high social standing became residents and members.^[4] The building had private access to the beach until 1915 when the city created an adjacent bathhouse.^[5] During World War II it was commandeered by the military and served as Gardiner General Hospital. After the war the building served as the 5th Army Headquarters.^[6] It was demolished following the war. Now, the Regents Park apartments are located on the property.

A second, unrelated Chicago Beach Hotel, built in 1929, still stands a block away at 5100-5110 South Cornell Avenue. ^[7] Currently used as an apartment building, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 14, 1986.^[8]

Chicago Beach Hotel Postcard (1911)

Chicago Beach Hotel c1913

Notes

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Chicago Beach Hotel". http://www.patsabin.com/illinois/chicagobeach.htm. Retrieved March 26, 2007. 
3. ^ "Regents Park South". Emporis.com. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=regentsparksouth-chicago-il-usa. Retrieved March 26, 2007. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Chicago Beach Hotel, c.1903". The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago Historical Society. 2005. http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/10935.html. Retrieved March 26, 2007. 
5. ^ "Bathers at the Chicago Beach Hotel, 1913". The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago Historical Society. 2005. http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/10684.html. Retrieved March 26, 2007. 
6. ^ "Regents Park". Emporis.com. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=101494. Retrieved March 26, 2007. 
7. ^ "Chicago Beach Hotel - Chicago, Illinois - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com". waymarking.com. http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM27NN_Chicago_Beach_Hotel_Chicago_Illinois. 
8. ^ "National Register of Historic Places: Illinois - Cook County". National Register of Historic Places.com. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/IL/Cook/state2.html. Retrieved 2007-05-02.