Robert A. Millikan House

Robert A. Millikan House
Robert A. Millikan House is located in Chicago metropolitan area
Robert A. Millikan House
Robert A. Millikan House is located in Illinois
Robert A. Millikan House
Robert A. Millikan House is located in the United States
Robert A. Millikan House
Location5605 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Chicago, IL
Coordinates41°47′33.75″N 87°35′47.09″W / 41.7927083°N 87.5964139°W / 41.7927083; -87.5964139
Arealess than one acre
Built1907 (1907)
ArchitectTallmadge & Watson
Architectural stylePrairie School
NRHP reference No.76000699[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 11, 1976
Designated NHLMay 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]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Millikan, Robert A., House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  3. ^ National Historic Landmarks Program - Millikan, Robert A., House Archived 2008-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (2006). Retrieved 25 June 2007.