Daniel Hale Williams House
- Style
- Queen Anne
- City
- Chicago, IL
This modest 1½-story wood-frame house in Chicago's Grand Boulevard neighborhood was the home of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, one of the first major African American surgeons, who purchased the property around 1905. Williams is best known as the first American doctor to perform what would later be called open-heart surgery, operating in 1893 on a man who had suffered a stab wound to the heart. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1975.
the building
Porch and bay window. The L-shaped frame house has a single-story porch across the front sheltering the main entrance, with a polygonal window bay to its right and a gabled sash window set in the roof gable above. The design is plain and unremarkable; its landmark status rests entirely on who lived here, not on the architecture.
the style
The house is cataloged as Queen Anne in style, though its detailing is restrained: a gabled roof, a simple entry porch, and a single polygonal bay are the extent of its ornament.
More on Queen Annesignificance
Named a National Historic Landmark in 1975 for its association with Dr. Williams's medical career rather than for its architecture.
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- Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church Building
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- South Side Community Art Center
- Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church Complex