New Look for a 1898 5-Bedroom Gold Coast SFH at 1520 N. Dearborn Parkway
This 5-bedroom vintage home at 1520 N. Dearborn Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in September 2023.
Built in 1898, it’s on a 22×149 lot. It has an attached 3-car heated garage.
If it looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it in 2019. Back then, it was listed at $4.95 million.
See our chatter here.
The listing says this house has a “new style” and a “new look.”
It says it has been “freshly painted white” in a total restoration and that “no detail has been overlooked.”
It has some of its original features including the original staircase and many vintage features such as stained glass windows, crown moldings including massive ornate moldings in the living room, built-ins, and murals.
There are 3 gas fireplaces: one in the living room, one in the library and one in the primary suite.
It has an “updated” cook’s kitchen with wood cabinets and stainless steel appliances which leads to a family room that has a landscaped deck.
Five bedrooms are on the second and third floors. Two bedrooms are on the second floor, including the primary, and three are on the third floor.
There is no floor plan included so it’s unclear where the bathrooms are and if the primary has its own.
There’s also an office on the second floor.
The lower level has a family room, a wet bar, wine cellar, laundry room and mudroom.
The house has 4 HVAC systems, sprinklers and a security system with cameras.
In addition to the terrace off the first floor, there’s also a rooftop terrace.
The home has skylights.
The listing also says the light fixtures and sconces are excluded from the sale.
This house is near Lincoln Park, the shops and restaurants of Old Town and the North Avenue beach.
It has been on, and off, the market since 2017.
Re-listed in September 2023 at $3.995 million, that’s just $45,000 above the 2005 purchase price.
What will it take to finally sell this house?
Suzanne Gignilliat at @properties Christies has the listing. See the pictures here (sorry, no floor plan).
1520 N. Dearborn Parkway: 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, 7,065 square feet, single family home
- Sold in February 1983 for $520,000 (per Redfin)
- Sold in October 1999 for $2.5 million (per Redfin)
- Sold in May 2005 for $3.95 million
- On and off the market since 2017
- Originally listed in September 2023 for $3.995 million
- Currently still listed at $3.995 million
- Taxes of $54,842
- Central Air
- 3-car attached heated garage
- Skylights
- 3 gas fireplaces
- Bedroom #1: 21×20 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 15×17 (second floor)
- Bedroom #3: 9×20 (third floor)
- Bedroom #4: 12×14 (third floor)
- Bedroom #5: 11×12 (third floor)
- Kitchen: 15×19 (main floor)
- Dining room: 15×17 (main floor)
- Office: 7×10 (second floor)
- Library: 17×17 (main floor)
- Living room: 13×23 (main floor)
- Foyer: 7×12 (main floor)
- Pantry: 9×5 (main floor)
- Walk-in-closet: 8×6 (second floor)
- Great room: 18×34 (lower level)
- Laundry: 11×18 (lower level)
- Deck: 20×12 (main floor)
- Terrace: 18×18 (second floor)