The Somerset at Sheridan & Argyle
Hotel Somerset/Copeland Hotel/Somerset House/Somerset Place Timeline & Bibliography
Summer 1919: Project Announced
"The Somerset Hotel," The Economist (of Chicago), 30 August 1919
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October 1919: Construction Starts on Hotel Somerset. Design by architect Samuel N. Crowen, who is also property owner.
1 June 1920: Opened for business as an apartment hotel with long-term and transient units.
1920-1922: Press coverage
"Concrete Trim for Modern Apartment in Chicago," Concrete Products, Vol. 19, No. 3, September 1920
11,000 cubic feet of concrete trim used on the entire building.
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"Concrete Construction in Zero Weather on Somerset Hotel, Chicago," Concrete in Architecture and Engineering, October-November 1920, Volume III, Number 5
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"Hotel Somerset on Sheridan Road, Chicago," Hotel Monthly, April 1921, Vol. 29, No. 337
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"Hotel Somerset, Chicago, Ill., S.N. Crowen Architect" Architectural Forum, June 1921
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"Some of Chicago's Newest Hotels," The Hotel World, 2 July 1921
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"Tendencies in Apartment House Design: Part VII, Courtyard Plans," The Architectural Record, January 1922, Vol. LI, No. 1
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1924: Restaurateur Florilla Copeland signs a 25-year lease to operate the building. It is renamed Copeland Hotel.
"Woman Leases Somerset Hotel for 25 Years," Chicago Tribune, 2 October 1924
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1941: Midwest Hotel Company, led by George E. Goldberg, signs 10-year lease for building and announces it will revert to the original name. At some later point the building became known as Somerset House.
"$360,000 Rent Will be Paid for Copeland," Chicago, 12 January 1941.
1972: Somerset House converted to a sheltered-care facility.
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2010: Somerset Place, after operating as a nursing home for patient-residents with mental illnesses, closes after a variety of problems.
"Deadline Set to Close Chicago Nursing Home," Chicago Tribune, 9 March 2010
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2014: Following restoration and conversion back to apartments, building reopens as Somerset Place apartments, a market-rate rental building (with 10 percent of "affordable" units at below-market rate).
"Somerset Place Apartments Accepting Applications After $20 Million Makeover," DNAInfo, 24 September 2014
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