The Hickox Apartments is an historic apartment complex located at the corner of 4th and Cook Streets in Springfield, Illinois. The complex consists of five building units built from 1920 to 1929. The buildings represent three of the five major types of Springfield apartments: two- and three-flat row apartments, detached low-rise apartments with a courtyard, and larger suburban-style apartments with a courtyard. The complex, located near the Illinois Executive Mansion in the Aristocracy Hill neighborhood, was the first apartment complex targeted at upper-middle-class families. While Springfield's apartments had typically been seen as lower-class residences, developer Harris Hickox used lavish amenities, a desirable location, and his own social status to draw wealthier residents to his new complex. Hickox also created an air of exclusivity for his apartments by employing domestic staff and lobby guards and defying the local convention of advertising new apartments. The apartments remained a respected and desirable complex through the 1960s, outlasting most of the other luxury apartments which followed its lead.[2]

Hickox Apartments
Hickox Apartments is located in Illinois
Hickox Apartments
Hickox Apartments is located in the United States
Hickox Apartments
Location4th and Cook Sts., Springfield, Illinois
Coordinates39°47′43″N 89°39′4″W / 39.79528°N 89.65111°W / 39.79528; -89.65111
Arealess than one acre
Built1920 (1920)-1929
ArchitectCarl Meyer
DeveloperHarris Hickox
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Classical Revival, Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No.84000337[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1984

The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 13, 1984.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#84000337)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Russo, Edward J. (July 1, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Hickox Apartments" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 4, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2015.