The Covent Hotel is a historic residential hotel at 2653-65 N. Clark Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1915, the hotel was one of the many residential hotels constructed in early twentieth century Chicago to house the city's growing single working-class population. Covent Hotel was a rooming hotel, a subtype of residential hotel that exclusively offered single rooms with few amenities. Like many rooming hotels, the Covent Hotel housed commercial space on its first floor, including a restaurant to provide convenient nearby meals for its residents. Architect Frank E. Davidson designed the Classical Revival building, which features brick piers and a parapet.[2]

Covent Hotel
Covent Hotel is located in Chicago metropolitan area
Covent Hotel
Covent Hotel is located in Illinois
Covent Hotel
Covent Hotel is located in the United States
Covent Hotel
Location2653-65 N. Clark St., Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41°55′52″N 87°38′38″W / 41.93111°N 87.64389°W / 41.93111; -87.64389
Built1915; 109 years ago (1915)
ArchitectFrank E. Davidson
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSResidential Hotels in Chicago, 1880-1930
NRHP reference No.100001561[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 5, 2017

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 5, 2017.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Weekly Lists 2017" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  2. ^ Ramsey, Emily (March 9, 2017). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Covent Hotel" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved November 29, 2019.[dead link]