Three Arts Club of Chicago

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 building is on the List of Chicago Landmarks as of June 10, 1981.[1][3] The club, modeled on the Three Arts Club of New York, was founded in 1912.[4]

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

History
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.[5]

In 1914 the club commissioned their own building, designed by architects Holabird & Roche.[6] The new three story building opened in 1915 at 1300 N. Dearborn Street with 92 residence rooms.[7][8]

Over 13,000 women stayed in the club throughout its history.[9]

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.[10]

The Three Arts Café is at the Restoration Hardware and Art Gallery at the Three Arts Club, on 1300 N Dearborn Street.[11]

Mission

Three Arts Club was formed to be a social center and "safe and congenial" home for women studying arts in Chicago.[12]

References
  1. "Three Arts Club". Chicago, Illinois. June 10, 1981. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  2. Chicago's arts club is saved, The Prescott Courier, May 14, 1991
  3. "Chicago Landmarks: Three Arts Club". Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  4. "Entertainment To Found Fund of New Three Arts Club Home". Chicago Daily Tribune. 14 January 1912.
  5. "Society Attends Opening of the Three Arts Club". Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 April 1913.
  6. 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 10 October 2012.
  7. "Chicago's New Three Arts Club Opens Its Doors". Chicago Daily Tribune. 18 May 1915.
  8. Issacs, Deanna (26 June 2003). "Kicked out of Heaven/Next Step: Big Bucks for Artists". Chicago Reader.
  9. Wilbert Jones; Kathleen Willis-Morton; Maureen O Brien (2012). Chicago's Gold Coast. Arcadia Publishing. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-7385-9177-3. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  10. Three Arts Club of Chicago: An inventory of the collection at the University of Illinois at Chicago
  11. "RH Chicago". rh.com. Chicago, Illinois. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  12. "Entertainment To Found Fund of New Three Arts Club Home". Chicago Daily Tribune. 14 January 1912.
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