Crib Chatter

This 4-bedroom vintage row house at 474 W. Deming in East Lincoln Park came on the market in July 2024.

If this row house looks familiar, that’s because we’ve chattered about it twice before, when it was on the market in 2012 and, the last sale, in 2019.

The row house had difficulty selling in 2012, with the bear market. There were updates made to it by the time of the 2019 sale.

You can see that chatter here.

If you recall, it was built in 1882, and is on a 20×74 lot. It is fee simple. There is no garage.

The listing says it has been “fabulously renovated.”

The front of the row home faces south, is sunny with southern light.

It has some of its original features such as the double entry foyer, an original fireplace in the living room and the original staircase.

The main level has the living room which is open to an extra sitting area space which then leads into a formal dining room.

The kitchen has white cabinets, “top end” appliances and stone counter tops along with a peninsula with seating for 4.

There’s a deck with a grill off the kitchen which also has a spiral staircase that leads to the private rooftop deck.

The roof deck has composite decking and a pergola. It looks like, from the pictures, that the mini refrigerator is still in place.

The second floor has 3 out of the 4 bedrooms, including the primary suite, which the listing says has been “reconfigured.”

It has a walk-in-closet, with California Closets, and an “updated” bath with radiant heated floors, steam shower, and a custom vanity with double sinks.

There is a hall bath, also with radiant heated floors, and a second original fireplace in one of the other bedrooms.

The lower level is carpeted and has the recreation room along with a built in media center, a wet bar with a beverage refrigerator, wine storage, the laundry room, an updated bath and the fourth bedroom.

The row home also has skylights.

It has the features buyers look for including central air and 2 deeded parking spaces in the gated lot behind the home.

This row home has a coveted East Lincoln Park location as it is close to Lincoln Park but also the shops and restaurants on Clark. It is also near several bus lines.

The listing says it’s in the Alcott school district.

Listed at $1.55 million, that’s above the 2019 sales price of $1,337,500.

Will the record low inventory in Lincoln Park lead to a quick sale of this vintage home?

Emily Sachs Wong at @properties Christie’s has the listing. See the pictures here (sorry, no floor plan, but the 2019 listing has one).

474 W. Deming Place: 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 3000 square foot, row home

• Sold in December 1988 for $315,000
• Sold in November 1993 for $266,000
• Sold in April 1995 for $307,500
• Sold in February 2001 for $640,000
• Sold in July 2013 for $1,026,000
• Sold in May 2019 for $1,337,500
• Originally listed in July 2024 for $1.55 million
• Still listed at $1.55 million
• Taxes of $21,731
• Central Air
• No garage but has 2 deeded parking space in the gated lot behind the house
• 2 original fireplaces (they appear to be decorative)
• Bedroom #1: 17×13 (second floor)
• Bedroom #2: 19×13 (second floor)
• Bedroom #3: 10×12 (second floor)
• Bedroom #4: 16×11 (lower level)
• Family room: 19×18 (main level)
• Kitchen: 14×11 (main level)
• Living room: 12×17 (main level)
• Dining room: 14×11 (main level)
• Recreation room: 19×18 (lower level)
• Laundry: 12×10 (lower level)
• Foyer: 6×9 (main level)
• Roof top deck: 19×53 (third floor)