Robert A. Millikan House | |
Location | 5605 S. Woodlawn Ave. Chicago, IL |
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Coordinates | 41°47′33.75″N 87°35′47.09″W / 41.7927083°N 87.5964139°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1907 |
Architect | Tallmadge & Watson |
Architectural style | Prairie School |
NRHP reference No. | 76000699[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 11, 1976 |
Designated NHL | May 11, 1976[2] |
The Robert A. Millikan House is a historic house at 5605 South Woodlawn Avenue in the Hyde Park community area of Chicago, Illinois. Built about 1907, it was the home of American physicist Robert A. Millikan (1868-1953) from about 1908 until 1921, the period in which he made his most significant Nobel Prize winning work. The three-story brick building earned National Historic Landmark status on May 11, 1976.[3]