Cable House

Address: 25 E. Erie St. Year Built: 1886 Architect: Cobb & Frost Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: October 2, 1991

Designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by an eminent architectural partnership, this house was built for Ransom R. Cable, the president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company.

The Cable House is among only a few remaining structures that illustrate the original elite residential character of the area just west of North Michigan Avenue.