Chicago Bee Building
Chicago Bee Building | ||
Chicago Landmark | ||
MPS Black Metropolis TR | | |
NRHP reference No. | 86001090 [1] | |
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Significant dates | ||
Added to NRHP | April 30, 1986 | |
Designated CL | September 9, 1998 |
The Chicago Bee Building is a historic building on Chicago's
Chicago, Illinois
.
The Chicago Bee was founded by the African American entrepreneur
Overton Hygienic Company
, during the 1930s. The Overton Hygienic Company was nationally known as a cosmetics firm.
Overton Hygienic went out of business in the early 1980s. In the mid-1990s, the building was reused as a branch of the Chicago Public Library. It is one of nine structures in the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville Historic District.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 30, 1986.
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Notes
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Chicago Bee Building". City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2003. Archived from the original on April 28, 2007. Retrieved May 12, 2007.
- ^ "Chicago Bee Branch". Chicago Public Library. October 2004. Retrieved May 12, 2007.
- Chicago Bee Building, Tour Black Chicago
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