Flamingo-on-the-Lake Apartments

Flamingo-on-the-Lake Apartments
The front of the apartments
Flamingo-on-the-Lake Apartments is located in Chicago metropolitan area
Flamingo-on-the-Lake Apartments
Flamingo-on-the-Lake Apartments is located in Illinois
Flamingo-on-the-Lake Apartments
Flamingo-on-the-Lake Apartments is located in the United States
Flamingo-on-the-Lake Apartments
Location5500-5520 S. Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41°47′41″N 87°34′51″W / 41.79472°N 87.58083°W / 41.79472; -87.58083
AreaHyde Park, Chicago
Built1927
ArchitectWilliam C. Reichert
Architectural styleBeaux Arts, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.86001194 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 14, 1986

The Flamingo-on-the-Lake Apartments, also known as the Flamingo Apartment Hotel, is a building designed by architect William C. Reichert and located at 5500-5520 S. Shore Drive along Lake Michigan in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The 16-story apartment building was built with 144 apartments and 16 hotel rooms in 1927; it also featured an outdoor pool and bathhouse. It was designed in the Classical Revival style; its exterior is red brick with terra cotta ornamentation and a dentillated cornice.[2] It and the adjacent building, The Promontory Apartments, a co-op building designed by Mies van der Rohe, are the furthest east buildings in Hyde Park.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 14, 1986.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
  2. ^ "Flamingo-on-the-Lake Apartments (Formerly Flamingo Apt. Hotel)" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.