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The Shoreland Hotel was opened in 1926 by Harry Fawcett, who reportedly spent $2 million on furnishings alone.The Shoreland Hotel maintained 1,000 guest rooms over 13 floors, a crystal ballroom, a large banquet hall with a top-notch restaurant and an immaculate lobby with 30-foot-high ceilings.
United States historic place Hyde Park–Kenwood Historic District U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district Rough boundaries of the district Location Roughly bounded by 47th and 59th Sts., Cottage Groves and Lake Park Aves., Chicago, Illinois Coordinates 41°47′56″N 87°35′51″W / 41.79889°N 87.59750°W / 41.79889; -87.59750 Area 745 acres (301.5 ha ...
The Hyde Park community area is to the south of Kenwood and the southern half of Kenwood (south of 47th Street) is sometimes referred to as Hyde Park-Kenwood. [3] In the 1890s, the Kenwood Astrophysical Observatory, established by astronomer George Ellery Hale, was located in Kenwood close to the new (at that time) University of Chicago.
The grounds of the Oughton House also hold a 110 feet (33.5 m) windmill tower. [3] The windmill was originally called the Pumping Tower and was constructed by U.S. Wind, Engine and Pump Company of Batavia, Illinois. The windmill, which provided a water system for the Oughton Estate, has an 840 ft (256 m) deep well.
Swearingen Windmill Industry: 1927-1930? [28] Never functional. Built as restaurant attraction in the late 1920s. Still standing. Jesuit Mill Kaskaskia: 1711 [29] Milburn Mill Kentucky: Wrecked by a storm prior to 1789 [30] Lake Zurich Mill Lake Zurich: 1850s [31] Demolished in 1858 [31] Matteson Mill Matteson: Smock: 1870s [32] Schroeder Mill ...
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Engraving of the Hyde Park Water Works, 1882. In 1853, Paul Cornell, a real estate speculator and cousin of Cornell University founder Ezra Cornell, purchased 300 acres (1.2 km 2) of land [9] between 51st and 55th streets along the shore of Lake Michigan, [10] with the idea of attracting other Chicago businessmen and their families to the area. [9]
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