“Nothing Like This in the City” is Still Available Over 4 Years Later: 1339 W. Webster in Lincoln Park
We last chattered about this 6-bedroom single family home at 1339 W. Webster in Lincoln Park all the way back in July 2009.
See our prior chatter here.
Back in 2009, it was listed at $4.2 million. It has since been reduced to $2.995 million.
Built in 1896 and renovated sometime after 1996 by architects Burns & Beyerl, the 10,143 square foot house is on an irregular 75×76 lot.
Two of the bedrooms are on the second floor, one is on the third, one is on the main and two are in the lower level.
A masonry perimeter wall encloses a 40×40 garden/courtyard that has been featured on the Sheffield Garden Walk in the past.
What will it take to finally sell this property?
Robert John Anderson at Baird & Warner still has the listing. See the pictures here.
1339 W. Webster: 6 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2 half baths, 10,143 square feet, 2 car garage
- Sold in November 1995 for $635,000
- Was professionally renovated in this time period
- Originally listed in October 2008 for $4.2 million
- Reduced several times
- Currently listed at $2.995 million
- Taxes now $22,060 (they were $13,183 in 2009)
- Central Air
- Bedroom #1: 21×13 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 13×8 (main floor)
- Bedroom #3: 21×13 (second floor)
- Bedroom #4: 10×19 (third floor)
- Bedroom #5: 12×11 (lower level)
- Bedroom #6: 12×11 (lower level)
Wow. I didn’t even think that was a single family home for some reason. Very difficult to price such a property because it’s so unique and a little odd looking.
Interestinfg, but hard to sell for many reasons:
1. Price, obviously.
2. Taxes, likely to jump another +$10,000 w/sale.
3. Immediate proximity to Treasure Island’s street-based truck dock operation.
4. Renovation very “contemporary-asian”, not kid-friendly/family-oriented house.
5. Current furnishings not helping – see #4.
6. “Party house” configuration, not a cozy home for a winter night.
7. Basement bedrooms don’t count; good way to get respiratory problems.
8. No garage?
9. Another house for perennial bachelor, but for one who entertains a great deal.
10. Not a house for dual-income 2+ kid plus nanny household.
Must have missed the garage.
A lot of noise and traffic on Webster now as well. However this place is so unique that I think some all cash buyer might swoop in at $2.2 or something like that.
I’m thinking $2mm for this place, only because its so close to Pequods which translates at least to a +500k in final sales price
Beautiful on the outside, odd on the inside. Not at all what I expected when I saw the exterior. It looks like they are selling part of the yard separately too. Not even sure what to guess on the price…but I bet it includes the lot next door.
Sonies – Save the 500k and hire me as your personal Pequods delivery driver. I’ll be glad to be of service for 24 months at that rate.
BTW how did that fireplace/staircase get past Chicago building codes? Wonder what else did not get inspected!
Seems like another property built to someone with more money than taste’s specifications. The wording of the listing seems to be playing up the land rather than the home too, so the agent probably agrees.
There IS a second 2-bedroom cottage house next door that is also available for extra. You wouldn’t really want to (or maybe you can’t- not sure if it’s historically protected) buy the second home to expand the property. It’s outside the walls that surround the rest of the property.
Once upon a time was this a church or a school?
This once was a church, a romanian orthodox one I believe, that was converted from a single family home many years ago. The building addon-on to the east plus the walled in courtyard is new and in my opinion is not an improvement. The existing home, which had been converted from the deconsecrated church, was used as a designer showcase house for one of the AIDS related charities. That is how I saw the interior many years ago. It was quirky with the bedrooms in the lower level but it was very attractive in a boho way and would have appealed to a lot of people. The mcmansion that has evolved is truly hideous. They have seemed to have destroyed the charm of the original building. I cannot imagine who decided to put those hideous slate tiles on the floor.