The Loop District in Chicago in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Hotel Somerset
Built 1889
This property has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1889.
Location. 41° 52.06′ N, 87° 37.561′ W. Marker is in Chicago, Illinois, in Cook County. It is in The Loop District. Marker can be reached from the intersection of South Wabash Avenue and Roosevelt Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1152 South Wabash Ave, Chicago IL 60605, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Ludington Building (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Aaron Montgomery Ward Gardens (approx. 0.2 miles away); Central Station Fragments (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Blues Trail: Mississippi to Chicago (approx. 0.2 miles away); Fairbanks Morse & Company Building (approx. 0.2 miles away); 910 South Michigan (approx. 0.2 miles away); Crane Company Building (approx. ¼ mile away); John A. Logan (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chicago.
Regarding Hotel Somerset. “The Somerset Hotel is a historic hotel building located at 1152-1154 S. Wabash Ave. in downtown Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1892–93, the hotel was originally owned by physician Frank Stringfield. Architect Jules De Horvath designed the hotel in the Romanesque Revival style. De Horvath's design bore similarities to many other Chicago buildings, most notably the 1888 Virginia Hotel at Ohio and Rush Streets. The Somerset Hotel was a significant part of a hotel and commercial district which formed between the 12th Street station on the South Side Elevated Railroad and Central Station. The hotel changed its name to the Mayer Hotel in 1910; in the 1920s, it again changed its name to the Hotel Roosevelt, which it was called until the 1990s.” — Wikipedia
Also see . . . Somerset Hotel, Hotel Meyer, Hotel Roosevelt. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine website (Submitted on November 23, 2016, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.)
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