Frank R. Lillie House
- Architect
- Pond and Pond
- Year
- 1904
- Style
- Chicago School
- City
- Chicago, IL
- Collection
- the chicago school
The Frank R. Lillie House stands at 5801 South Kenwood Avenue on the University of Chicago campus in Hyde Park, built in 1904 to a design by Pond and Pond for embryologist Frank R. Lillie (1870-1947), a pioneering scientist and influential supporter of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976 and is now used by the university as office space.
the building
Diamond brickwork and quoining. The three-story brick house is marked by flat surfaces patterned with diamond-shaped brickwork, unusually shaped brick corner quoining, and a variety of roof treatments — an eclectic mix rather than a single formula.
Original interior finishes. Despite the university's conversion of the house to academic office use, many of its original interior finishes have survived intact.
the style
The house is associated with the Chicago School, though its diamond brickwork, idiosyncratic corner quoining, and mixed roof treatments give it a more eclectic character than the school's better-known steel-frame commercial towers.
More on Chicago Schoolthe architect
Pond and Pond were notable Chicago architects; the Lillie House is one of their documented residential commissions on the University of Chicago campus.
significance
Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places; long home to embryologist Frank R. Lillie, it is now University of Chicago office space.
nearby
- Frederick C. Robie House
- Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
- Arthur H. Compton House
- Robert A. Millikan House
- Hyde Park Union Church
- Keck-Gottschalk-Keck Apartments