Room 405, George Herbert Jones Laboratory, The University of Chicago
United States historic place in Chicago, Illinois. Added to the National Register in 1967, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The George Herbert Jones Laboratory is an academic building at 5747 S. Ellis Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, on the main campus of the University of Chicago. Room 405 of the building was named a National Historic Landmark in 1967; it was the site where plutonium, the first man-made element, was isolated and measured.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | S. Ellis Ave. between E. 57th and 58th Sts., Chicago, IL |
| County | Cook County |
| Listed | May 28, 1967 |
| Reference number | 67000005 |
| Type of place | laboratory |
| 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 | S. Ellis Ave. between E. 57th and 58th Sts., Chicago, IL |
| Coordinates | 41.79038, -87.60107 · 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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Sources
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 67000005. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.