The Wheeler–Kohn House is a
Queen Anne and
Second Empire Style house in the
Near South Side neighborhood
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, ...
of
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, United States. The house was built in 1870 by
Otis L. Wheelock
Otis Leonard Wheelock (1816 - 1893) was an architect in upstate New York and Chicago. He and his wife had two adopted children, a son Harry B. Wheelock who was an architect and a daughter.
George H. Harlow studied under him.
He was a partner of ...
for
Calvin Wheeler.
It was designated a
Chicago Landmark
Chicago Landmark is a designation by the Mayor and the City Council of Chicago for historic sites in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Listed sites are selected after meeting a combination of criteria, including historical, economic, archite ...
on February 5, 1998, and it was listed on the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1999.
The house currently serves as one of Chicago's few intimate
bed and breakfast hotels, operating as the Wheeler Mansion.
References
Houses completed in 1870
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago
Chicago Landmarks
Bed and breakfasts in Illinois
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