Ontario Apartment Building, Chicago, Illinois, Isometric
Treat & Foltz
c. 1880/81
Medium
Ink and ink wash on linen
Dimensions
65.4 × 45.9 cm (25 3/4 × 18 1/16 in.)
Classification
working drawing
Department
Architecture and Design
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
236924
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
The Ontario Apartments were one of the first multifamily apartment buildings in Chicago catering to a middle- and upper-class clientele. The appearance of such a structure was novel in the then-semirural neighborhood of large houses in what is today the city’s River North neighborhood. Therefore, it was important that the structure conformed to the standards of fine houses, with brick and carved stone construction, decorative ironwork, and offered large apartments equipped with libraries, parlor...