Flamingo-on-the-Lake Apartments

The Flamingo-on-the-Lake Apartments, also known as the Flamingo Apartment Hotel, is a building designed by architect William C. Reichert and located at 5500-5520 S. Shore Drive along Lake Michigan in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The 16-story apartment building was built with 144 apartments and 16 hotel rooms in 1927; it also featured an outdoor pool and bathhouse. It was designed in the Classical Revival style; its exterior is red brick with terra cotta ornamentation and a dentillated cornice.[2] It and the adjacent building, The Promontory Apartments, a co-op building designed by Mies van der Rohe, are the furthest east buildings in Hyde Park.

Flamingo-on-the-Lake Apartments
The front of the apartments
Location5500-5520 S. Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41°47′41″N 87°34′51″W
AreaHyde Park, Chicago
Built1927
ArchitectWilliam C. Reichert
Architectural styleBeaux Arts, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.86001194 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 14, 1986

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 14, 1986.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
  2. "Flamingo-on-the-Lake Apartments (Formerly Flamingo Apt. Hotel)" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved April 10, 2016.

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