Sydney A. Kent House
- Architect
- Burnham and Root
- Year
- 1883
- Style
- Queen Anne
- City
- Chicago, IL
The Kent House at 2944 South Michigan Avenue is a Queen Anne style residence designed in 1883 by Burnham & Root for Sydney A. Kent. From 1896 to 1906 it was home to barbed-wire industrialist and gambler John Warne Gates, known as 'Bet-a-Million' Gates for his gambling excesses. In the early twentieth century the building served as the main building for what is today National-Louis University.
the building
Bet-a-Million Gates's residence. Industrialist John Warne Gates, who made his fortune in barbed wire and earned the nickname 'Bet-a-Million' for his gambling excesses, lived in the house from 1896 to 1906.
the style
The house is designed in the Queen Anne style, built as a private residence for Sydney A. Kent in 1883.
More on Queen Annesignificance
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 and designated a Chicago Landmark on March 18, 1987.
nearby
- Wood-Maxey-Boyd House
- Carr Memorial Chapel
- McCormick Tribune Campus Center
- Robert W. Roloson Houses
- Pilgrim Baptist Church
- Crown Hall