Powhatan Apartments

Powhatan Apartments
Powhatan Apartments
	May 28, 2007 (Memorial Day)
	Interactive map of the Powhatan Apartments area
General information
Location	4950 S. Chicago Beach Dr.; Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41°48′17″N 87°35′03″W / 41.8046°N 87.5843°W
Construction started	1927
Completed	1929
Height
Roof	270 feet (82 m)
Technical details
Floor count	22
Design and construction
Architect	Charles Morgan
Chicago Landmark
Designated	January 12, 1993
References

Location4950 S. Chicago Beach Dr.
Chicago, Illinois

Coordinates41°48′17″N 87°35′03″W / 41.8046°N 87.5843°W

Construction started1927

Completed1929

The Powhatan or Powhatan Apartments is a 22-story luxury apartment building overlooking Lake Michigan and adjacent to Burnham Park in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.^[2] The building was designed by architects Robert De Golyer and Charles L. Morgan.^[3] Much of the Art Deco detailing is attributed to Morgan who was associated with Frank Lloyd Wright. The exterior of the luxury-apartment highrise reflects Eliel Saarinen's second place design for the Tribune Tower competition of 1922.^[3] The building's terra-cotta ornamental panels feature conventionalized scenes based upon Native American culture.

This housing cooperative is a residential high-rise on Chicago's South Side.^[4] The building also hosts the only 24-hour elevator operators in Chicago.^[4] Since it and many of the neighboring high-rise apartment buildings are named for Native American tribes (such as the Algonquin, The Chippewa and the Narragansett), the area has been given the tongue-in-cheek name "Indian Village".^[5] It was designated a Chicago Landmark on January 12, 1993.^[6]

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