The Sheridan Plaza Hotel is a historic hotel located at the corner of Wilson Avenue and
Sheridan Road in the
Uptown
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neighborhood of
Chicago,
Illinois.
Overview
Construction on the hotel began in 1920, and the hotel opened in 1921. The hotel was designed by co-owner
Walter Ahlschlager; the brick building features extensive
terra cotta ornamentation, including terra cotta
gargoyles on some of the top corners. The hotel was the first high-rise building in Uptown. The
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and visiting teams that played the Cubs stayed in the hotel; the building was also a popular site for weddings and dances. After the hotel closed, the building sat vacant and deteriorated significantly, and some of the terra cotta decorations fell off the side of the building. In 2009, a realty group renovated the property, which is now an apartment building.
Recognition
The hotel was added to the
National Register of Historic Places on November 21, 1980.
References
1921 establishments in Illinois
Hotel buildings completed in 1921
Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago
Residential skyscrapers in Chicago
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