William Wallace Kimball house is located at 1801 South Prairie Avenue. Kimabll was born in 1828, moved to Chicago in 1857 and started his piano business. The house was commissioned in 1892 and built by Solon Beman. It was built in the classic revival style with Gothic building details.
The Kimball House, built of Bedford limestone and topped with a slate roof, has an exterior consisting of numerous large and small turrets, gables, balconies and ornamental iron-railed galleries. The interior of Kimball House is as extravagant as its exterior, with wood abundant throughout. The ceilings are beamed in oak and mahogany, and fireplaces made of onyx warm the parlor.
The building now houses the United States Soccer Federation.
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