Wheeler-Kohn House

Architect
Otis L. Wheelock
Year
1870
Style
Queen Anne
City
Chicago, IL
Wheeler-Kohn House
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The Wheeler-Kohn House is a Queen Anne and Second Empire house built in 1870 by architect Otis L. Wheelock for Calvin Wheeler. It survives today as the Wheeler Mansion, one of Chicago's few intimate bed-and-breakfast hotels.

the style

Built in 1870, the house mixes Queen Anne and Second Empire detailing, two of the dominant high-Victorian modes in Gilded Age Chicago residential design.

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significance

Designated a Chicago Landmark (L-210) on February 5, 1998, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

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