De Priest, Oscar Stanton, House
United States historic place in Chicago, Illinois. Built 1920. Added to the National Register in 1975, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Oscar Stanton De Priest House is an historic apartment building at 4536–4538 South Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Chicago, Illinois. It was built in 1920, and one of its units was from 1929 to 1951 home to Oscar Stanton De Priest (1871–1951), the first African-American to be elected to the United States Congress from a northern state. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark on May 15, 1975. It is not open to the public.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 4536--4538 S. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr., Chicago, IL |
| County | Cook County |
| Listed | May 15, 1975 |
| Reference number | 75000646 |
| Built | 1920 |
| Type of place | apartment building |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 4536--4538 S. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr., Chicago, IL |
| Coordinates | 41.81189, -87.61715 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Pullman National Historical Park · 8 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | West Beach Picnic Shelters 25 mi · Chellberg Farm Picnic Shelters 30 mi · Dunbar Group Site 33 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 75000646. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.