Yale Building

	The Yale
	Chicago Landmark
	Chicago, IL
Coordinates	41°46′28.06″N 87°37′53.39″W / 41.7744611°N 87.6314972°W
Built	1892
Architect	John T. Long
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	98000178
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 5, 1998
Designated CL	April 9, 2003

The Yale Building, also known as The Yale, is a seven-story building located in the

high-rise, a building type made possible by advances in building structure and technology, and reflects the great growth in real estate development which typified the city in the 1890s. The building is a large-scale example of Romanesque Revival architecture style popularized by the buildings of Henry H. Richardson, and exhibits excellent craftsmanship in both materials and detailing. It was built in 1892 as accommodation for the upcoming World's Columbian Exposition.^[2] The Yale Apartments also possesses a rare interior atrium, ringed with galleries and topped by a glass-and-metal skylight.^[3] It has been described as one of Chicagos "best-kept secrets" after being featured during the 2016 Open House Chicago

.

The building was listed on the

Chicago Landmark on April 9, 2003.^[1]^[3]

The Yale was originally built as luxury apartments for the Chicago Exposition. In the late 1930s/early 1940s, the empty building was purchased and the interior gutted and converted to studio, 1 and 2 bedroom apartments. One top floor apartment had the addition of a staircase up to a rooftop room referred to as the penthouse. It was renovated in 2003 and now features 69 apartments for

low-income senior citizens.^[4]^[5]

In popular culture

The building appears in S1E5 of the TV show ER.
The building appears in S8E8 of the TV Show Shameless (American TV series)

Notes

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ "Yale Building". Open House Chicago. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
^ ^a ^b "Chicago Landmarks - Yale Apartments". Chicago Landmark. City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2007-07-23.
^ Malagon, Elvia. "Open House Chicago offers a look at Englewood — beyond the crime". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
^ "The Yale Building - Chicago's Hidden Gem". Chicago To Do List. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[2] "Yale Building". Open House Chicago. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

[Landmark-3] "Chicago Landmarks - Yale Apartments". Chicago Landmark. City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2007-07-23.

[4] Malagon, Elvia. "Open House Chicago offers a look at Englewood — beyond the crime". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

[5] "The Yale Building - Chicago's Hidden Gem". Chicago To Do List. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

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