Historic Gold Coast District ...

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The Gold Coast District, is a part of Chicago's Near North Side community area. It is roughly bounded by North Avenue, Lake Shore Drive, Oak Street, and Clark Street.

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 ..

The Gold Coast neighborhood grew in the wake of the Great Chicago Fire. In 1882, millionaire Potter Palmer moved to the area from the Prairie Avenue neighborhood on the city's south side. He filled in a swampy area which later became Lake Shore Drive, and built the Palmer Mansion [Demolished in 1951]. Other wealthy Chicagoans followed Potter into the neighborhood, which became one of the richest in Chicago.

It has two Landmark Districts ...
# Seven Houses on Lake Shore Drive District .. click here.
# Astor Street District ... click here ..
And also two Landmark Buildings ...
# James Charney House ... click here ..
# Madlener House .. click here ...


Some of the remarkable buildings in the Gold Coast District includes:



Seven Houses on Lake Shore Drive District ..
Address: 1250-60 and 1516-30 N. Lake Shore Dr.
Year Built: 1889-1917
Architect: Various
Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: June 28, 1989 ..
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Astor Street District ...
1200-1600 blocks of Astor Street (and cross streets)
Year Built: 1880-1940
Architect: Various
Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: December 19, 1975
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James Charney House ...
Address: 1365 N. Astor St.
Year Built: 1891
Architect: Adler & Sullivan, with Frank Lloyd Wright ..
Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: August 20, 1972 ..
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Madlener House ..
Address: 4 W. Burton Pl.
Year Built: 1902
Architect: Richard E. Schmidt & Hugh M.G. Garden ..
Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: March 22, 1973 ..
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Archbishop's Residence ...
Address: 1555 N State Parkway
Completed: 1885 ..
Architect: Alfred F. Pashley ..
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Patterson McCormick Mansion ...
Address: 20 E Burton Pl
Completed: 1892
Architect: Stanford White ...
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William Wrigley residence ..
Address: 1400 N Astor Street ..
Completed: 1885
Architect: ???
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The original Playboy Mansion ..
Address: 1340 North State Parkway, Chicago, IL 60610 ..
Architect: David Adler
Completed: 1899 ..
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Florsheim Mansion ..
Address: 1328 N. State Parkway ..
Architect: Chicago architect Andrew Rebori ..
Completed: 1938 ..
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Archbisop Quigley Preparatory Seminary ...
Address: 103 East Chestnut Street ..
Architect: Gustav Steinbeck and Zachary Taylor Davis ..
Completed: 1917
It's listed on the National Register of Historic Places ..
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