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Location | 2944 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois |
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Coordinates | 41°50′26″N 87°37′27″W / 41.84056°N 87.62417°W / 41.84056; -87.62417 |
Built | 1883 |
Architect | Burnham & Root; Root, John Wellborn |
Architectural style | Queen Anne |
NRHP reference No. | 77000477 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 17, 1977[1] |
Designated CL | March 18, 1987 |
The Kent House, also known as Sydney Kent HouseorSt. James Convent, is a Queen Anne style house located at 2944 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was designed in 1883 by Burnham & Root for Sidney A. Kent. From 1896 to 1906, it was the home of barbed-wire industrialist and robber baron John Warne Gates, better known as "Bet-a-Million" Gates for his gambling excesses.
In the early 20th century, it served as the main building for what is today, National-Louis University.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977,[1] and it was designated a Chicago Landmark on March 18, 1987.[2]
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