Adolf Schmidt House
Adolf Schmidt House (Burrowes Hall), 6331-33 N. Sheridan Road, Edgewater, Chicago, IL; Completed 1916, George Washington Maher, architect
2013, granted City of Chicago Landmark status as part of the Sheridan Road Mansions District
In my previous posts about architect George Washington Maher, I completely overlooked this stunning N. Sheridan Rd. example of early-20th-century prairie style, one of only a handful of North Sheridan private mansions to survive destruction. The house is owned by Loyola University, and now named Burrowes Hall.
Built in 1916, this Prairie-style house was designed by George W. Maher for Adolf Schmidt, president of the Columbian Colortype Company. The house is clad in buff roman brick with stone trim, a hipped roof with wide overhanging eaves, one-over-one windows, Sullivanesque ornament, corner pilasters, engaged stone columns flanked by windows on the second floor, and a corner entrance porch with a rooftop urn and arched openings. The building was designated a Chicago Landmark in 2013, and today serves as administrative offices for Loyola University. Wikimedia Commons
The distinctive yellow brick exterior of the house has since earned the building the name "Yellow House."
Cast ornament details of the facade
The lotus flower motif employed by Maher throughout the structure is evident in the vintage photo of a stained-glass window (right), as well as the column capitals above.
SOURCES:
Bldg. 51 Museum, Exterior Photographic Survey
Loyola University Chicago, "Yellow House"
Sheridan Road Mansions [PDF]
Wikimedia Commons












