199 East Lake Shore Drive

199 East Lake Shore Drive
199This pre-World War I apartment house remains one of the more elegantly conceived residences
in the city.		 view properties
An 11-story red brick and white glazed terra cotta building, its distinctive classical
details and central row of bay windows are matched by an urbane variation several doors east
at 999 N. Lake Shore Drive, also by Marshall and Fox. The two stood in 1913 as Lonely pioneers
[the only buildings standing at the time on East Lake Shore Drive].

The main building was erected as an investment by architect Benjamin Marshall four years
before he added the annex just to the west. Most main building apartments are one to a floor,
but the annex contains a series of duplexes. There are 13 apartments in all. Each is divided into
public, private and service sectors – or living, sleeping and servants’ quarters as its
self-description put it – revealing Marshall’s careful planning and sensitivity to his wealthy
clients. “Every modern convenience obtainable in present day life is included in the equipment,”
the developers promised, and in this case it was no overstatement. A rental building for many
years, 199 E. Lake Shore Drive was converted to a cooperative in 1995.
199 East Lake Shore Drive, Chicago

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