Union Park Hotel

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Union Park Hotel
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Location1519-1521 W Warren Blvd, Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates 41°52′56″N87°39′58″W / 41.88222°N 87.66611°W / 41.88222; -87.66611 Coordinates: 41°52′56″N87°39′58″W / 41.88222°N 87.66611°W / 41.88222; -87.66611
Arealess than one acre
Built1929 (1929)-30
Built byKlein, Arthur A. & Co.
ArchitectComm, Benjamin Albert
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No. 10000309 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 7, 2010

The Union Park Hotel is a historic hotel building located at 1519-1521 W. Warren Boulevard in Chicago, Illinois. The building was built in 1929-30 as an apartment hotel, a common type of housing for Chicago laborers in the 1920s. The hotel's Art Deco design reflects the national popularity of the style in the 1920s. The building's piers give it a vertical emphasis common to Art Deco works, and its decorative elements reflect the style's geometric focus. The colorful brick and terra cotta facade of the building is also characteristic of Art Deco buildings of the late 1920s, though color is seldom used extensively in Chicago's other Art Deco buildings. [2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 7, 2010. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Sperry, Heidi (January 15, 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Union Park Hotel" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 28, 2018. Retrieved October 27, 2018.