| Sydney Kent House | |
| Nrhp Type: | nrhp |
| Designated Other1 Name: | Chicago Landmark |
| Designated Other1 Date: | March 18, 1987 |
| Designated Other1 Abbr: | CL |
| Designated Other1 Link: | Chicago Landmark |
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| Location: | 2944 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois |
| Coordinates: | 41.8406°N -87.6242°W |
| Built: | 1883 |
| Architect: | Burnham & Root; Root, John Wellborn |
| Architecture: | Queen Anne |
| Added: | November 17, 1977 |
| Refnum: | 77000477 |
The Kent House, also known as Sydney Kent House or St. James Convent, is a Queen Anne style house located at 2944 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was designed in 1883 by Burnham & Root for Sidney A. Kent. From 1896 to 1906, it was the home of barbed-wire industrialist and robber baron John Warne Gates, better known as "Bet-a-Million" Gates for his gambling excesses.
In the early 20th century, it served as the main building for what is today, National-Louis University.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, and it was designated a Chicago Landmark on March 18, 1987.[1]