4-Bedroom Historic Row Home in Historic Old Town Triangle for $1.050 Million: 1820 N. Lincoln
This 4-bedroom historic row home at 1820 N. Lincoln (the one with the blue door) in the Old Town Historic District came on the market in June 2024.
Built in 1879, this row home is on a 23×70 lot. It’s a fee simple row home so there are no assessments.
There is no parking. It is leased in the neighborhood.
The listing calls this “vintage Chicago charm.”
It has a foyer with the living room, dining room and kitchen on the main floor.
There are hardwood floors, oversized windows and the original fireplace in the living room.
The row house has two other fireplaces, including one in the dining room and one in the lower level, in the family room.
The kitchen has gray cabinets, stainless steel appliances and a tile backsplash.
There is also a half bath on the main floor.
Leading off the kitchen is a private patio.
Three bedrooms are on the second floor with the fourth in the lower level. The lower level bedroom is en suite.
The laundry room and mud room are also in the lower level.
The row home has central air.
There are pictures in the listing of a roof top deck, but it’s unclear from the floor plan or listing how you access it.
This property is near the shops and restaurants of Old Town and East Lincoln Park. It’s also just a few blocks from Lincoln Park and the Zoo.
This row home has rarely been available. The last sale was in 2001.
Listed at $1.05 million, is this a dream home for vintage lovers?
Karen Schwartz at Dream Town has the listing. See the pictures and floor plan here.
1820 N. Lincoln: 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, no square footage, row home
- Sold in December 1986 for $205,000
- Sold in June 1994 for $305,500
- Sold in April 2001 for $500,000
- Currently listed at $1.05 million
- No assessments (fee simple)
- Taxes of $14,280
- Central Air
- No attached parking- but rental in the neighborhood
- 3 fireplaces
- Bedroom #1: 16×14 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 11×11 (second floor)
- Bedroom #3: 9×8 (second floor)
- Bedroom #4: 9×8 (lower level)
- Living room: 11×14 (main floor)
- Dining room: 12×13 (main floor)
- Kitchen: 11×10 (main floor)
- Family room: 11×20 (lower level)
- Laundry room: 11×11 (lower level)
- Private patio
- Rooftop deck?
I am very confused as to the whereabouts of the purported fourth bedroom. As it is laid out it is a 2 bed with a home office / place for a guest. I think they will get close to ask…possibly over… but the lack of parking puts this at a major disadvantage relative to other area townhomes…..and they should offer a credit for the many coats of paint that will be needed to cover the red and the black as I doubt the new owners will want to work in the existing color scheme (which works for these folks but wouldn’t work for many others.) Hopefully there is alley space where you can throw on the blinkers and bring stuff in via the back patio before then parking the car. Nice outdoor space options though and proximity to the park and the lake and downtown are A+. That said, I personally wouldn’t want to be on a street as busy as Lincoln.
“As it is laid out it is a 2 bed with a home office / place for a guest.”
Office + office/guest room, at a minimum, no? Yes, they are both small even as just office/den rooms, but there are 2 of them.
Ceiling height on the main floor is great, and decent up and down. Kitchen is pretty good for the SF, lots of storage for the size and age.
Bathroom situation is marginal for more than a couple.
Roof deck needs some help–at least a cleaning a reseal, likely quite a bit more. Where is access?
“Hopefully there is alley space where you can throw on the blinkers and bring stuff in via the back patio before then parking the car. Nice outdoor space options though and proximity to the park and the lake and downtown are A+. That said, I personally wouldn’t want to be on a street as busy as Lincoln.”
People have lived in this particular row house for 23 years. They moved in before 9/11. Apparently neither the parking nor the busy street mattered.
And I’m not sure how busy it really is right here. At some times of the day, sure. But at night? Probably not much. It’s not like living on Wells with restaurants and other things.
I wonder where the nearby parking would be?
I feel like you could easily live here without a car but only when they reopen the grocery store in the old Treasure Island.
Might be good for empty nesters like me but not on Lincoln for $1 million.
Floor plan reminds me a lot of Alta vista terrace. Which is where I’d rather own a home like this. But no homes on Alta vista have been available in years.
As far as business of Lincoln, I have no idea. Do CTA buses go on this part of the street? Is it a popular path for ambulances? Any busy street is guilty till proven innocent in my book because I’m so sensitive to noise. I’m on the North Shore near Green Bay road and the ambulances go by on that street with sirens blaring multiple times a day. Really annoying.
Meant to say as far as “busy-ness” of Lincoln, sorry.
Contingent.
Closed at the ask.