Burlingham Building

The Burlingham Building is a historic building located at 104 W. Oak Street in the Near North Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Dentist Luke Burlingham had the building constructed in 1883 to house his professional offices, with apartments on the upper floors. While the building was originally four stories tall, the apartments were successful enough that Burlingham added two more stories of apartments in 1897. Architect Alfred Smith designed the Victorian building; as it faces the corner of Oak and Clark Streets, the building is an example of the common Victorian corner buildings of the era. A cast iron turret on the corner and three matching cast iron bays project from the building; each features slate shingles and colored glass in the central windows. The rest of the building is built from red brick with sandstone trim, with a bracketed cast iron cornice along the roof.[2]

Burlingham Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	104 W. Oak St., Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41°54′4″N 87°37′54″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1883
Architect	Alfred Smith
Architectural style	Victorian
NRHP reference No.	85000264[1]
Added to NRHP	February 14, 1985

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 14, 1985.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Baldwin, Susan M. (October 8, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Burlingham Building" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved November 26, 2017.