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Three Arts Club of Chicago

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Three Arts Club of Chicago
Three Arts Club of Chicago
Location1300 N. Dearborn Street, Chicago
Coordinates41°54′21.5″N 87°37′49″W / 41.905972°N 87.63028°W / 41.905972; -87.63028
Built1914
ArchitectHolabird & Roche
WebsiteThree Arts Club
TypeIndividual
DesignatedJune 10, 1981[1]

The Three Arts Club of Chicago was a Chicago home and club for women in the "three arts" of music, painting and drama.[2] The club, modeled on the Three Arts Club of New York, was founded in 1912.[3]

Today, the Three Arts Club building is owned by Restoration Hardware Chicago, featuring an art gallery and restaurant (Three Arts Café). The original dormitory floor boundary lines, dining hall, and kitchen remain.[4]

The building was designated as a Chicago Landmark on June 10, 1981;[1][5] a plaque from the Commission on Chicago Landmarks can be found near the Dearborn Parkway entrance into the building.[6]

History

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Three Arts Cafe at Restoration Hardware
The Three Arts Cafe at Restoration Hardware

The first Three Arts Club residence, located at 1614 North LaSalle Street, had a restaurant and rooms to house sixteen women.[7]

In 1914 the club commissioned their own building, designed by architects Holabird & Roche.[8] The new three story building opened in 1915 at 1300 N. Dearborn Street with 92 residence rooms.[9][10]

Over 13,000 women stayed in the club throughout its history.[11]

Three Arts Club provided residential space for women artists continuously until 2004, when the last of the residents moved out. In 2007 the building was sold to developers and net proceeds were invested in an operating fund to seed and grow a new nonprofit, 3Arts.[12] Today, the Three Arts Club building is owned by Restoration Hardware Chicago.[4]

Mission

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Three Arts Club was formed to be a social center and "safe and congenial" home for women studying arts in Chicago.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Three Arts Club". Chicago, Illinois. June 10, 1981. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  2. ^ Chicago's arts club is saved, The Prescott Courier, May 14, 1991
  3. ^ a b "Entertainment To Found Fund of New Three Arts Club Home". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 14, 1912.
  4. ^ a b "RH Chicago". rh.com. Chicago, Illinois. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  5. ^ "Chicago Landmarks: Three Arts Club". Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  6. ^ "The Three Arts Club Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  7. ^ "Society Attends Opening of the Three Arts Club". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 1, 1913.
  8. ^ Robert Bruegmann (1997). The Architects and the City: Holabird & Roche of Chicago, 1880-1918. University of Chicago Press. pp. 431–8. ISBN 978-0-226-07695-9. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  9. ^ "Chicago's New Three Arts Club Opens Its Doors". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 18, 1915.
  10. ^ Issacs, Deanna (June 26, 2003). "Kicked out of Heaven/Next Step: Big Bucks for Artists". Chicago Reader.
  11. ^ Wilbert Jones; Kathleen Willis-Morton; Maureen O Brien (2012). Chicago's Gold Coast. Arcadia Publishing. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-7385-9177-3. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  12. ^ Three Arts Club of Chicago: An inventory of the collection at the University of Illinois at Chicago
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