James Charnley House

James Charnley House
The original symmetrical facade as it appeared in 1892 - the adjacent building was later demolished
James Charnley House is located in Central Chicago
James Charnley House
James Charnley House is located in Illinois
James Charnley House
James Charnley House is located in the United States
James Charnley House
Location1365 N. Astor Street, Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41°54′27.54″N 87°37′39.67″W / 41.9076500°N 87.6276861°W / 41.9076500; -87.6276861
Built1892[2]
ArchitectLouis Sullivan
NRHP reference No.70000232[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 17, 1970[1]
Designated NHLAugust 6, 1998[4]
Designated CLAugust 20, 1972[3]
An additional bay was added on the right side after the demolition of the adjacent building

The James Charnley Residence, also known as the Charnley-Persky House, is a historic house museum at 1365 North Astor Street in the near northside Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Designed in 1891 and completed in 1892, it is one of the few surviving residential works of Adler & Sullivan.

The house is owned and operated as a museum and headquarters of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH).[5] It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1998,[4] and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
  2. ^ Wolfe, Gerard R. (1996). Chicago: In and Around the Loop. New York, New York: McGraw=Hill. pp. 404–406. ISBN 0-07-071390-1.
  3. ^ "Charnley House". City of Chicago Dept. of Pl. and Devpmt., Landmarks Div. 2003. Archived from the original on June 13, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2007.
  4. ^ a b "James Charnley House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on January 3, 2008. Retrieved October 13, 2007.
  5. ^ "Charnley–Persky House History". Charnley–Persky House Museum Website. Charnley–Persky House Museum Foundation. June 14, 2004. Retrieved June 3, 2012.