TheCable House is aRichardsonian Romanesque-style house nearMichigan Avenue at 25 E. Erie St. inChicago,Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1886 byCobb and Frost for socialite Ransom R. Cable. It was designated aChicago Landmark on October 2, 1991.[1]
In 1902, the house was purchased by Robert Hall McCormick for his son, Robert Hall McCormick III who was head of the McCormick Estate. The house was the accommodation forGuglielmo Marconi's visit to Chicago in 1917. McCormick III lived there with his family until 1926 when it was sold and became a funeral home. The house is located in a part of theNear North Side neighborhood west of Michigan Avenue that was once dubbed "McCormicksville," due to the concentration of McCormick family members living there within a few blocks of each other.
The Cable House is currently occupied by the offices ofDriehaus Capital Management, which is operated by Chicago financier, preservationist and philanthropistRichard H. Driehaus. HisRichard H. Driehaus Museum is located across the intersection in the historic Edward J. Burling-designed Samuel M.Nickerson House at 40 E. Erie St.
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