About Bronzeville: Unity Hall

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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.)

Unity Hall
Address: 3140 S. Indiana Ave.
Year Built: 1887
Architect: L.B. Dixon
Date Designated a Chicago Landmark:
September 9, 1998
 

"Originally built as the Lakeside Club, a Jewish social organization, this structure was renamed in 1917 when it became the headquarters of the Peoples Movement Club, a political organization headed by Oscar Stanton DePriest (1871-1951), the first African-American elected to the City Council and the first northern black elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. The building is a rare surviving 19th-century clubhouse structure, and is an excellent example of the type of architecture found in the community in the 1880's. Since the 1950's, it has been occupied by religious institutions. It is one of nine structures in the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville Historic District."
 

 
 

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