Lincoln Park in Chicago in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Kaufmann Store and Flats

Adler & Sullivan, architect; 1883-87

— Chicago Landmark —

Kaufmann Store and Flats Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, November 18, 2024

1. Kaufmann Store and Flats Marker

Inscription. One of the oldest surviving buildings designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan, an architectural partnership that helped transform modern architecture. It illustrates the type of design innovations and distinctive ornamentation that Sullivan later developed in such famed structures as the Auditorium and Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Especially notable is the Kaufmann building's degree of intactness, especially its storefront detailing. Built by druggist Ferdinand Kaufmann, the building originally housed a bakery on the ground floor.

Designated on April 16, 1996
Richard M. Daley, Mayor

Erected by Commission on Chicago Landmarks; City of Chicago.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Illinois, Chicago Landmarks Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1883.

Location. 41° 55.442′ N, 87° 38.821′ W. Marker is in Chicago, Illinois, in Cook County. It is in Lincoln Park. It is on North Lincoln Avenue north of Belden Avenue. The marker is next to the entrance to Moti, a restaurant.

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Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2312 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago IL 60614, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Original Site of The Children's Memorial Hospital (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Little Fort Road (about 500 feet away); Richard Fassl (about 600 feet away); McCormick Row House District (approx. 0.2 miles away); Robert Berkhoff (approx. 0.2 miles away); Melamerson Athletic Field (approx. 0.2 miles away); Arlington-Deming (approx. 0.2 miles away); Oz Park (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chicago.

Regarding Kaufmann Store and Flats. Louis Sullivan joined Dankmar Adler's firm in 1883, the year that construction

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, November 18, 2024

2. Kaufmann Store and Flats Marker

began on this building on Chicago's north side.

Also see . . . Chicago Patterns website: Ferdinand Kaufmann Store & Flats.

Excerpt: "Although it might look like any other building, on closer inspection the Kaufmann Store & Flats has elements that would later emerge as Sullivan’s truly American organic architecture, which was based on original abstract forms rather than historic artifice. These ideas were fully realized in his later designs for the Auditorium Building and Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Store."

(Submitted on November 19, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, November 18, 2024

3. Kaufmann Store and Flats Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 19, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 280 times since then and 51 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 19, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.