Yale Apartments

The Yale
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Chicago Landmark
The Yale Apartments
Location	6565 South Yale Avenue, Chicago, IL
Coordinates
Built	1892
Architect	John T. Long
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP Reference #	98000178
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 5, 1998
Designated CL	April 9, 2003

The seven story Yale Apartments, also known as The Yale, is an important "first generation" residential high-rise, a building type made possible by advances in building structure and technology, and reflects the great growth in real estate development which typified the city in the 1890s. The building is a large-scale example of Romanesque Revival architecture style popularized by the buildings of Henry H. Richardson, and exhibits excellent craftsmanship in both materials and detailing. The Yale Apartments also possesses a rare interior atrium, ringed with galleries and topped by a glass-and-metal skylight.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 5, 1998, and later designated a Chicago Landmark on April 9, 2003.

The Yale was originally built as luxury apartments for the Chicago Exposition. In the late 30's/early 40's, the empty building was purchased and the interior gutted and converted to studio, 1 and 2 bedroom apartments. One top floor apartment had the addition of a staircase up to a rooftop room referred to as the penthouse.