Compton, Arthur H., House - Chicago, IL
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libbykc
N 41° 47.534 W 087° 35.769
16T E 450467 N 4626880
This brick house in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago was once home to physicist Arthur Compton,
Waymark Code: WM11TAT
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 12/15/2019
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Arthur H. Compton, 1892-1962, was an Nobel Laureate and the recipient of many other prizes and recognitions in the field of physics. He is known for discovering the Compton effect in X-ray scattering, for which he won the Nobel Prize. The house he lived in from the late 1920s until 1945, while on the faculty at the University of Chicago, has been little altered since he lived there.
From what I can tell it remains a private residence.
Street address:
5637 S. Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, IL
60637
County / Borough / Parish: Cook
Year listed: 1976
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Science
Periods of significance: 1925-1949
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Domestic
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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