Yondorf Block and Hall
- Architect
- Frederick Ahlschlager
- Year
- 1887
- Style
- Romanesque Revival
- City
- Chicago, IL
The Yondorf Block and Hall went up in 1887 at 758 W. North Avenue as a meeting hall for Lincoln Park's immigrant social world — fraternal lodges and ethnic clubs rented its six upper-floor meeting rooms while the ground floor held retail storefronts. Architect Frederick Ahlschlager mixed Victorian Gothic and Romanesque Revival details on the facade.
the building
Two styles, one facade. The terra cotta-clad storefronts and metal cornice read as Victorian Gothic, while decorative brickwork and stonework above draw on Romanesque Revival — a combination Ahlschlager used on a building built purely for renting out meeting space.
the style
Ahlschlager blended two revival vocabularies rather than committing to one: Victorian Gothic in the storefronts and cornice, Romanesque Revival in the brick and stone detailing above.
More on Romanesque Revivalsignificance
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 13, 1984, and is also a designated Chicago Landmark.
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