Address: 4726 S. Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Year Built: 1903 Architect: Henry L. Newhouse Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: March 21, 1979

This 32-room, Chateauesque-style mansion was built by Simon L. Marks, the owner of a wholesale custom tailoring company. It was purchased in 1926 by Melissia Ann Elam, who operated it for many years as an elegant boarding house for single, African-American working women. The house was an important community institution when this area was the center of the city's African-American cultural life.

African-American History
1.	Exterior, by Walter Street
2.	Melissia Ann Elam
3.	Roof Detail, photo by Barbara Crane