About Bronzeville: Chicago Bee Building

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(Note: The above photograph and the following information appears courtesy of the City of Chicago's fine web site at www.cityofchicago.org and provides historical background about the Bronzeville area and other Landmark Districts.)

Chicago Bee Building
Address: 3647-55 S. State St.
Year Built: 1929-31
Architect: Z. Erol Smith
Date Designated a Chicago Landmark:
September 9, 1998
 

"This Art Deco-style building was constructed as the headquarters for the Chicago Bee newspaper, which was founded by noted African-American entrepreneur Anthony Overton. It originally featured upper-floor apartments and, during the 1930's, housed the offices of the Douglass National Bank and the Overton Hygienic Company, a nationally known cosmetics firm. The newspaper went out of business in the 1940s, although Overton Hygienic continued until the early 1980s. In the mid-1990's, the building was adapted for reuse as a branch of the Chicago Public Library. It is one of nine structures in the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville Historic District."
 

 
 

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