Seven Houses on Lake Shore Drive District

Address: 1250-60 and 1516-30 N. Lake Shore Dr. Year Built: 1889 - 1917 Architect: Various Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: June 28, 1989

The four grand mansions on the 1200-block, together with the three in the 1500-block, are rare survivors of what Lake Shore Drive looked like when it developed as a prestigious residential street in the late-19th century. The architects of these buildings include the prestigious firms of: Holabird & Roche; Benjamin Marshall (see Blackstone Hotel); McKim, Mead & White (see Lathrop House); and Howard Van Doren Shaw (see Second Presbyterian Church).