Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom row house at 3637 S. Prairie in the Douglas neighborhood of Bronzeville came on the market in September 2021. I don’t have a picture and by the time I get one, it will probably be under contract. Built in 1885, it’s on a standard 25×125 Chicago lot but it doesn’t have a garage […]

This 5-bedroom Victorian row house at 58 E. Elm in the Gold Coast came on the market in October 2020. Built in 1883, the row house is on a smaller than standard Chicago lot measuring 16 x 103. It has a unique rear coach house with an oversized 1-car garage. The house has some of […]

This 5-bedroom historic McCormick Row House at 835 W. Fullerton in Lincoln Park came on the market in September 2020. Built between 1884 and 1889, these row houses make up the McCormick Row House District. They are found on both Fullerton and Belden as well as Chalmers Place, which is the secret street in between […]

This 4-bedroom vintage row house at 915 N. LaSalle in the Gold Coast came on the market in March 2018. Built in 1876, on a longer than standard Chicago lot measuring 17 x 138, it appears to have 4 parking spaces behind the house. It has many of its original features including the wood custom […]

This 4-bedroom vintage row house at 3342 S. Giles in the Gap/Bronzeville neighborhood of Douglas just came on the market. Built in 1902, it’s on a 16.7×125 lot which has a 1-car garage and a small back deck. What is The Gap neighborhood? This is a description of how the neighborhood got it’s name from […]

This 4-bedroom vintage row house at 2017 N. Sedgwick in East Lincoln Park came on the market in October 2020. Built in 1886, it’s on a 20×110 lot and has a 2-car garage. If it looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it the last time it was on the market in 2017. You can […]

This 5-bedroom greystone row house at 507 W. Barry in East Lakeview came on the market in July 2020. Built in 1895 on a 20×118 lot, this row house shares just one wall with its partner next door. The listing says this greystone has updated electrical and mechanicals. It has tall ceilings of 11 foot […]

This 5-bedroom historic row house at 428 W. Roslyn in East Lincoln Park came on the market in January 2020. Built in 1895, it’s on an 18×86 lot with no parking. The listing says it’s a Benjamin Green-built Victorian brownstone which was “recently renovated.” The listing also says the façade was “architecturally restored” in 2017. […]

This 4-bedroom vintage row house at 1241 W. Webster in Lincoln Park came on the market in April 2020. It doesn’t list the date it was built but it’s one of two row houses with 1 shared wall. It has a covered parking space behind the home. There is also a separate entrance for the […]

This 4-bedroom Victorian row house at 900 W. Webster in Lincoln Park came on the market in February 2020. Built in 1886 on a 25×116 corner lot, it has a two car garage with space for 2 cars on the parking pad which is on Fremont. The listing describes this row house as being “newly […]