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Strand Hotel
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National Register of Historic Places

Strand Hotel

On the National Register since 201313 years
Classical RevivalListed 2013Chicago
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

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About Strand Hotel

Strand Hotel, at 6315-6323 S. Cottage Grove Ave., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jan 29, 2013. The Register lists it for its commerce, at the local level. It describes its style as Classical Revival, as it does for 157 other Illinois listings.

What it isApartment hotel in Chicago, Illinois. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 23 MB · National Archives↗
Through the years

1915 to today

  1. 1915Built
  2. 2013Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  3. 2026On the Register for 13 years
Visit

Make it a walk: 3 landmarks in about 20 minutes

6315-6323 S. Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago · about 0.6 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Strand HotelStart here
  2. 2Taft, Lorado, Midway StudiosBuilding · 0.3 mi on
  3. 3Room 405, George Herbert Jones Laboratory, The University of ChicagoBuilding · 0.4 mi on
Around it

8 more Register listings within a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

DParkway Garden HomesModerne0.6 mi★Frederick C. Robie HousePrairie School0.7 miBCharles Hitchcock HallBuilding0.7 mi★Frank R. Lillie HouseBuilding0.8 mi★First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction, Site ofSite0.8 mi★Arthur H. Compton HouseBuilt 19160.9 mi★Robert A. Millikan HousePrairie School · Built 19070.9 miDWashington ParkBeaux Arts Classicism1 mi
More like it

Classical Revival style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Classical Revival.

Hyde Park-Kenwood Historic District1.2 mi away
Jackson Shore ApartmentsBuilt 1916 · 1.6 mi away
Sutherland Hotel2.1 mi away
Goldblatt Bros. Department StoreBuilt 1921 · 3.6 mi away

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Questions about Strand Hotel

Is Strand Hotel on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Jan 29, 2013 (Register number 12001237).

Is Strand Hotel a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Illinois has 86 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Taft, Lorado, Midway Studios, 0.3 miles away.

Can you visit Strand Hotel?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Strand Hotel?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 23 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 28892547 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.