The Lathrop House, also known as the Bryan Lathrop House, is a
Georgian style house at 120 E Bellevue Place in the
Gold Coast neighborhood
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, ...
of
Chicago,
Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1892 by
McKim, Mead & White
McKim, Mead & White was an American architectural firm that came to define architectural practice, urbanism, and the ideals of the American Renaissance in fin de siècle New York. The firm's founding partners Charles Follen McKim (1847–1909), Wil ...
for
Bryan Lathrop. In 1922 the house was sold to the
Fortnightly Club The Fortnightly Club is the name of several women's clubs in the United States, and may refer to:
* Fortnightly of Chicago
* Haddon Fortnightly Club House
* Vincennes Fortnightly Club
See also
* List of women's clubs
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. The club still occupies the building.
It was designated a
Chicago Landmark
Chicago Landmark is a designation by the Mayor and the City Council of Chicago for historic sites in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Listed sites are selected after meeting a combination of criteria, including historical, economic, archite ...
on May 9, 1973,
and it was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
References
Houses completed in 1892
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago
Chicago Landmarks
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