Lakeside Press Building

The Lakeside Press Building is a historic commercial building located at 731 S. Plymouth Ct. in downtown Chicago, Illinois. The building served as a showroom, office, and printing press for the Lakeside Press. The building was built in two stages; the southern half was completed in 1897, while the northern half was finished in 1901. Architect Howard Van Doren Shaw designed the building, his first design of a commercial building. Shaw's design features limestone quoins, piers, and decorations, curtain walls with cast iron spandrels on the floors housing the printing presses, and a projecting cornice.[2]

Lakeside Press Building
Location731 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41°52′21″N 87°37′42″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1897 (1897), 1901 (1901)
ArchitectShaw, Howard Van Doren
Architectural styleChicago
NRHP reference No.76000694[1]
Added to NRHPJune 23, 1976

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 23, 1976.[1]

In 1985 the building was converted to residential use, and was purchased by Columbia College Chicago in 1993 as its first residence hall. Columbia sold the building in 2017 for $20 million,[3][4] and continued leasing it through the 2018–19 academic year.[5]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Westfall, Carroll William (November 22, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Lakeside Press Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
  3. "Lakeside Press Building to be Adaptively Reused". Preservation Chicago. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  4. Gallun, Alby (September 5, 2017). "Columbia College puts Printers Row dorm up for sale". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  5. Portalatin, Ariana (July 19, 2018). "3L Real Estate purchases Plymouth dorm for $20 million". The Columbia Chronicle. Retrieved September 11, 2019.


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