Archive for the 'Historic Properties' Category

Live in an Iconic Gold Coast Building: A 2-Bedroom in 1325 N. Dearborn Parkway

This 2-bedroom in the Mantonya Flats at 1325 N. Dearborn Parkway in the Gold Coast just came on the market. Built in 1887, the Mantonya Flats were designed by Curd H. Gottig. There are 3 units and assigned tandem parking behind the building. This building is iconic thanks to its distinctive arched keyhole style windows. […]

Rare Full Floor Singer Building Live/Work Loft Lists for First Time in 22 Years: 120 S. State

This 2-bedroom loft in the Singer Building at 120 S. State in the Loop just came on the market. The building was constructed in 1926 and has just 10 units. It’s zoned live/work and has 2 common parking spaces behind the building for shared use. The listing says the owners have a deeded valet garage […]

Gold Coast’s Florsheim Mansion Now $540,000 Under the 2006 Price: 1328 N. State Parkway

This 5-bedroom historic home at 1328 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in October 2018. Built in 1938, the house, known as the Florsheim Mansion, was designed by Andrew Rebori and then added onto by Bertrand Goldberg in the 1950s. There are actually two separate townhouses with a courtyard and […]

A Unique Landmarked Duplex Up 1-Bedroom in the Gold Coast: 1209 N. State Parkway

This 1-bedroom duplex up in the Fisher Studio Houses at 1209 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast just came on the market. Designed by Andrew Rebori in 1936, the Fisher Studio Houses has 12 units and a central courtyard. It was landmarked in 1996 and converted into condos in 2000. From the Chicago Landmark’s […]

Will the Florsheim Mansion Finally Sell in 2019? 1328 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast

This 5-bedroom historic home at 1328 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast was recently re-listed in October 2018. Built in 1938, the house, known as the Florsheim Mansion, was designed by Andrew Rebori and then added onto by Bertrand Goldberg in the 1950s. There are actually two separate townhouses with a courtyard and a […]

Irving Park’s Historic Landmarked ‘Race House’ Returns: 3945 N. Tripp

This 5-bedroom Victorian Italianate single family home at 3945 N. Tripp in Old Irving Park came on the market in March 2019. But if it looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it several times between 2007 and 2014 when it was on, and off, the market. See the 2014 chatter here. If you recall, […]

Love Historic Rehabs? Academy Hall at 915 N. Hoyne in Ukrainian Village

This 2-bedroom in Academy Hall at 915 N. Hoyne in the Ukrainian Village recently came on the market. This is a rehab of the historic St. John’s school that is next door to the church which is now The Revival condominiums. They have two separate developers but both projects are now on the market at […]

Live in a Landmarked Church in the Ukrainian Village: 921 N. Hoyne

This 4-bedroom in The Revival at 921 N. Hoyne in the Ukrainian Village originally came on the market in March 2019. This church is the former St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran and, according to curbed, it’s 114 years old. It’s apparently taken several years to renovate due to the recent landmark classification which requires a certain […]

Vintage on the Front But Modern on the Back: A SFH at 1935 W. Schiller

This 5-bedroom single family home at 1935 W. Schiller in Wicker Park came on the market in April 2019. Built in 1886, the house is on an extended Chicago lot which measures 25×162. It has a 2.5 car garage and is set directly on Wicker Park. The listing says its in the landmark historic district. […]

Own Frank Lloyd Wright’s 7-Bedroom Heller House: 5132 S. Woodlawn in Hyde Park

This 7 bedroom historic home at 5132 S. Woodlawn in Hyde Park came on the market in May 2019. Built in 1897, it was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Isidore Heller. To be honest, until I saw the plaque in front of the house, I couldn’t tell from the style it was a Wright […]