2944 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois. County/parish: Cook.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 17, 1977. NRIS 77000477.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Kent House, also known as Sydney Kent House or St. James Convent, is a Queen Anne style house located at 2944 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was designed in 1883 by Burnham & Root for Sidney A. Kent. From 1896 to 1906, it was the home of barbed-wire industrialist and robber baron John Warne Gates, better known as "Bet-a-Million" Gates for his gambling excesses.
In the early 20th century, it served as the main building for what is today, National-Louis University.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, and it was designated a Chicago Landmark on March 18, 1987.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892432