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Robert S. Abbott House
Historic house in Illinois, United States
The Robert S. Abbott House is a historic house in the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago, Illinois.
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Built in 1900, it was the home of Robert S. Abbott, founder and publisher of the Chicago Defender, the most-circulated African-American newspaper in the nation, from 1926 up until his death in 1940. His home was designated a National Historic Landmark status in 1976.[2][3][4]