Own a Piece of History on Alta Vista Terrace
There’s just something about a historic home. New construction can’t even come close.
One was recently listed on Alta Vista Terrace, the historic street in Lakeview that was built from 1900 to 1904 to look like London row homes. From the City’s website on Chicago Landmark Districts:
This street represents one of the last real estate developments of Samuel Eberly Gross, a highly colorful realtor responsible for the construction of thousands of houses in the Chicago area. Sometimes called “A Street of Forty Doors,” Alta Vista Terrace displays a lively variety of architectural styles and detail, yet every townhouse on one side is duplicated with only minor variations at the diagonally opposite end of the block. The distinctly human scale creates a unity and harmony rarely found elsewhere in the city.
3842 N. Alta Vista Terrace: 4 bedroom, 2 bath rowhouse
- Currently listed at $565,000
The listing states that it is an estate sale and sold “as is” and needs a complete renovation. No pictures of the interior are available so it must be pretty bad. However, it is on the west side of the street and apparently has room in the backyard for parking (whereas the east side does not.)
There have been five sales the past two years ranging from $595,000 to $749,000. @Properties has the listing.