Robert S. Abbott House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Robert S. Abbott House
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =Robert S. Abbott House
location= 4742 South Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Chicago, IL
lat_degrees = 41 | lat_minutes = 48 | lat_seconds = 35.96 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 87 | long_minutes = 36 | long_seconds = 58.09 | long_direction = W
locmapin=Illinois
area =
built =1926
architect= Unknown
architecture= Queen Anne
designated = December 08, 1976cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1612&ResourceType=Building
title=Robert S. Abbott House |accessdate=2008-03-02|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = December 08, 1976cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=76000686 The Robert S. Abbott House is the former home of Robert S. Abbott, founder of the "Chicago Defender" newspaper. 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. [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/IL/Cook/state.html National Register of Historic Places: Illinois - Cook County] . National Register of Historic Places.com. Retrieved on 25 June 2007.] citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/76000686.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Robert S. Abbott House] |383 KB|date=June 30, 1976 |last=Gomez-Graves |first=Lynne |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/76000686.pdf Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 1976.] |451 KB]

Abbott lived in part of this house from 1926 until his death in 1940.

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External links

* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.il0447 Robert S. Abbott House, 4742 Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, Cook County, IL: 1 photo, 1 data page] , at Historic American Building Survey