The Penthouse

Visit the Drake Tower on Chicago’s Lake Michigan “Gold Coast” – the location of the Wormser’s penthouse apartment and this Joseph Urban-designed Art Deco bedroom.

  • Black and white photograph of Drake Tower, looking up from street-level.

    Drake Tower

    The Drake Tower was erected on the last parcel of vacant land facing north on Lake Shore Drive, Chicago’s “most exclusive boulevard.”

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  • 1928 map of central Chicago showing prominent buildings in the city, including the Drake Tower, Drake Hotel, and Chicago’s business district. A large red star indicates the location of the Drake Tower in the North East section.

    The Neighborhood

    The Wormsers’ move to the Drake Tower brought them to the “Gold Coast” of Chicago’s north shore, one of the city’s wealthiest areas.

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  • Blueprint of the Drake Tower’s 27th floor, showing four bedchambers, a terrace at each corner of the building, a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, maid’s quarters, four elevators, and halls and passages.

    The Floorplan

    The Wormsers lived in the Drake Tower’s expansive 27th-floor penthouse, which boasted four generously sized bedrooms, as well as separate quarters for three live-in domestic workers.

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  • A living room decorated with eighteenth-century Georgian style furniture, with wood paneling on the walls and a large floral rug on the floor.

    The Interior

    Aside from Elaine’s modern bedroom, the Wormser’s apartment was decorated in styles referencing the past.

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