Belmonte Flats

The Belmonte Flats are two connected apartment buildings at the intersection of 43rd Street and King Drive in the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago, Illinois. The older and taller of the two buildings was built in 1893, while the other building opened in 1896. The Grand Boulevard area was popular with affluent Chicagoans at the time, and apartments like the Belmonte Flats served as luxury apartment housing for these residents. Chicago architecture firm Patton & Fisher designed the apartments; both buildings have matching Chicago school designs with Queen Anne and Richardsonian Romanesque elements. The buildings both feature brick exteriors with limestone bases and terra cotta cornices, and the taller building has a turret at its corner. The interior features extensive detailing typical of luxury housing, including ornamental moldings and brackets and a mosaic tile floor in the lobby.[2]

Belmonte Flats
Belmonte Flats is located in Chicago metropolitan area
Belmonte Flats
Belmonte Flats is located in Illinois
Belmonte Flats
Belmonte Flats is located in the United States
Belmonte Flats
Location4257-4259 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., and 400-412 E. 43rd St., Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41°49′01″N 87°36′59″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1893 (1893)
ArchitectPatton and Fisher
Architectural styleChicago School, Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.98000063[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 5, 1998

The buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 5, 1998.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Benjamin, Susan; Granacki, Victoria (August 26, 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Belmonte Flats" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved October 13, 2019.


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