Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom Victorian row house at 1816 W. Newport in Roscoe Village came on the market in November 2018. Built in 1893, it’s part of a group of older row houses on Newport, Cornelia and Eddy streets just west of the Brown Line El line. This row house is on a 20×125 lot and has […]

This 4-bedroom row house at 474 W. Deming in East Lincoln Park just came on the market. But if it looks familiar, that means you’re a long time reader of Crib Chatter, because we chattered about this row house the last time it was on the market in 2012 and 2013. You can see our […]

This 5-bedroom McCormick Seminary row house at 852 W. Chalmers in Lincoln Park first came on the market in July 2017 but was recently re-listed again. Built between 1884 and 1889, these row houses make up the McCormick Row House District. They are found on both Fullerton and Belden as well as Chalmers Place, which […]

This 4-bedroom row house at 55 W. Schiller in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2017. Built in 1868, the listing says it is an Adler-designed property. It’s on a 18.5 x 106 lot. The listing also says it was completely renovated in 2017. It has oak herringbone pattern floors, crown molding […]

This 4-bedroom Greystone row house at 639 W. Surf in East Lakeview came on the market in May 2018. Built in 1886, it’s an attached brick and stone row house on a 19 x 116 x 39 x 82 lot which still has some of its vintage features such as 10 foot first floor ceilings […]

This 2-bedroom row house at 1818 N. Lincoln in East Lincoln Park recently came on the market. The listing says it was built in 1876 but the plaque on the side of this group of row houses says they were built in 1879 and have historic protection. It’s a fee simple brick row house with […]

This 6 bedroom vintage row house at 2704 N. Lakeview in East Lincoln Park came on the market in March 2018. Built in 1914, it is one of 4 row homes on Lincoln Park designed by Dangler & Adler. It’s 3-stories with a 4th floor set back that, according to an older listing, used to […]

This 3-bedroom row house at 3808 N. Alta Vista Terrace in Lakeview came on the market in June 2017. Alta Vista Terrace is a Chicago Landmark District. These 40 row homes were built from 1900 to 1904 and were built to look like London row homes. From the Chicago Landmark website: This street represents one […]

This 6-bedroom vintage row house at 1246 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2016. Built in 1875, it still has some of its vintage features intact including original moldings and built-ins along with 12 foot ceilings. It also has 4 fireplaces. But this row house also has modern […]

This 2-bedroom vintage row house at 42 E Schiller in the Gold Coast came on the market in October 2016. It is bank owned. Built in 1885, the listing says it’s a “Potter Palmer” row house. Potter Palmer was one of Chicago’s most prominent businessmen. He was involved in the creation of Marshall Fields and […]