Millikan, Robert A., House
Historic house in Chicago, Illinois. Built 1907 by Thomas Tallmadge. Added to the National Register in 1976, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
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.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 5605 Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL |
| County | Cook County |
| Listed | May 11, 1976 |
| Reference number | 76000699 |
| Built | 1907 |
| Architect | Thomas Tallmadge |
| Type of place | single-family detached home |
| Style | Prairie School architecture |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 5605 Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL |
| Coordinates | 41.79274, -87.59646 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Pullman National Historical Park · 7 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | West Beach Picnic Shelters 23 mi · Chellberg Farm Picnic Shelters 29 mi · Dunbar Group Site 32 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 76000699. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.