McGill Mansion, Chicago
Easily mistaken for a French Castle, this mansion was built in 1893 for the Scottish McGill family, which founded the famous Montreal University of the same name.
Easily mistaken for a French Castle, this mansion was built in 1893 for the Scottish McGill family, which founded the famous Montreal University of the same name. The mansion was converted into 34 condos in 2000.
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About McGill Mansion
4938 S Drexel Ave
McGill Mansion and Nearby Sights on Map
Drexel Fountain
This ornate fountain that stands in the tiny Drexel Square Park is the oldest in Chicago - one of the first monuments erected in the Chicago area
Operation Push HQ
The enormous classical revival building at 50th & Drexel is the national headquarters of the Reverend Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH organization
KAMII
It looks like a Byzantine style mosque, but that minaret is actually a smokestack for this synagogue
Isidore Heller House
One of Frank Lloyd Wright's earliest distinctive buildings (1897), often credited as the turning point in his early career when he shifted towards the Prairie School
4944 S Woodlawn
A gargantuan 8,000 square foot Tudor revival mansion once owned by Muhammad Ali
Court Theatre
Excellent dramatic theater on the University campus
Elijah Muhammad House
Built by Elijah Muhammad, the founder of the Nation of Islam, it now serves as a 'National' House for the Nation of Islam
Smart Museum of Art
The Smart museum is small, but has an excellent collection, thoughtfully exhibited
Nuclear Energy Statue
This Henry Moore statue marks the area where Enrico Fermi and his team of scientists successfully produced the first controlled nuclear chain reaction
DuSable Museum of African-American History
Chicago's museum of African-American history is named after the first settler of Chicago, a Haitian named Jean Baptiste Point du Sable