Crib Chatter

We last chattered about the Horton Mansion at 10200 S. Longwood Drive in Beverly in July 2012. See our prior chatter here. The house is known as the Horton Mansion because, according to Curbed Chicago, it was built for Horace Horton, the founder of Chicago Bridge & Iron, in 1890. If you recall it sits on […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 9046 S. Hamilton in the Beverly Hills neighborhood of  Beverly came on the market in June 2012. Yes, it’s actually called “Beverly Hills” and the neighborhood has lovely signs telling you so. Built in 1924 on an oversized lot of 52×133, the listing calls the architecture style “English”. It […]

This 4-bedroom Cape Cod at 9524 S. Claremont in Beverly has been on the market since May 2012. It originally sold last November as an estate sale. Back then, it was just a 2 bedroom, 1 bath at 1282 square feet. Now, after a rehab that included new windows, new roof, mechanicals, plumbing and electrical, the […]

This 7-bedroom mansion at 10200 S. Longwood in Beverly came on the market in April 2012. It is known as the “Horton Mansion.” According to Curbed Chicago it was built for Horace Horton, the founder of Chicago Bridge & Iron, in 1890. It sits on a huge lot measuring about a half an acre on […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom Dutch Colonial at 1721 W. 104th in Beverly in December 2010. See our prior chatter and pictures here. On the market since September 2010, those of you who commented about the property thought it was priced too richly for the neighborhood (after all, what cop making $50,000 could afford […]

This 3-bedroom Dutch Colonial single family home at 1721 W. 104th Place in Beverly came on the market in September. It has retained much of its vintage charm. At only 1500 square feet, two of its bedrooms are upstairs and the third on the main level. It has central air. Built in 1924, the house is on […]

This 2-bedroom single family home at 1624 W. 100th in Beverly was built in 1910 by famed architect Walter Burley Griffin. Built in the prairie style on a 50×132 lot, it is just 2 blocks from the 99th Street Metra Station. Both bedrooms are on the second floor and the house also has an unfinished […]

If you’re looking for unique architecture, look no further than this French Provincial style home at 9221 S. Bell in Beverly. Built in 1937,  it has some of its original features including hardwood floors with mahogany inlay and crown molding. The bathrooms have been updated. The master bathroom has Italian terrezo marble while the second […]

This 4-bedroom colonial at 2003 W. 103rd in Beverly just came back on the market after it was listed for 5 months last year. The listing says it’s an executive relo. Built in 1921, it is just a short 2-block stroll to the Metra station at 103rd. The house is on an enormous 60×196 size lot […]

We last chattered about this Walter Burley Griffin-designed Prairie style house at 1712 W. 104th Place in Beverly in June of 2008. See our prior chatter and pictures here. It is 1 of only 64 Walter Burley Griffin-designed homes in the country. Walter Burley Griffin was Frank Lloyd Wright’s former office manager. It went into […]