Kenna Apartments
- Architect
- Barry Byrne
- Year
- 1916
- City
- Chicago, IL
Kenna Apartments is a 1916 apartment building in Hyde Park designed by Barry Byrne, a Prairie School architect who trained under Louis Sullivan. The city designated it a Chicago Landmark in 1990, recognizing an example of Prairie School design carried into multi-unit housing.
the architect
Barry Byrne trained under Louis Sullivan before establishing his own practice, carrying Prairie School principles into new building types, including this Hyde Park apartment building.
significance
Kenna Apartments was designated Chicago Landmark L-127 on September 12, 1990.
nearby
- Shoreline Apartments
- Allan Miller House
- South Shore Cultural Center
- 63rd Street Bathing Pavilion
- Stony Island Trust and Savings Bank Building
- First Presbyterian Church