Selling 11 Months Later in Lincoln Park: A 4-Bedroom Row House at 1928 N. Lincoln
This 4-bedroom Italianate row house at 1928 N. Lincoln in East Lincoln Park came on the market in November 2022.
Built in 1875, the listing says it was built by Andrew McNally with large blocks of Joliet limestone. The prior listing from last year says that they used limestone because of the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. It also said that just 3 families had lived in the house until the prior sale.
It’s on a corner lot measuring 25×100 and has a 1-car garage.
The row house has some of its vintage features including the grand staircase with the original wood restored and 12 foot ceilings.
In the prior listing there were 2 wood burning fireplaces in the living and dining rooms and it appears that they might still be in place but the listing says there is just one.
The prior listing also said there were plaster walls with picture moldings.
There’s a mix of hardwood floors and laminate wood floors.
The kitchen has blue cabinets and stainless steel appliances with a breakfast bar that opens into the dining room.
3 of the 4 bedrooms are on the third floor with one on the main level which is where a 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment is located.
The listing says it’s been “rehabbed” and has a separate entrance, a full kitchen and laundry. In the prior listing, the apartment only had 1 bedroom.
The listing says the house was repainted, the bathrooms remodeled and the staircase restored since the prior sale.
It has central air and a wood deck with a “California patio.”
The towels on all the beds indicated that this was probably being used as an Airbnb, or short-term-rental, and it does appear on the Airbnb site.
This row house is near Lincoln Park Zoo, the Green City Market and the shops and restaurants of Old Town.
It also has a unique side alley on one side of the row house.
Listed at $1.295 million, it sold in January of this year for $1.129 million.
Will this seller get the premium 11 months later?
Jeremy Wallace at Volta Investments has the listing. See the pictures here (sorry, no floor plan but taking a look at the prior listing pictures helps.)
1928 N. Lincoln: 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 3309 square feet, row house
- No prior sales price as prior listing said the same family owned it for 70 years
- Sold in January 2022 for $1.129 million
- Currently listed for $1.295 million
- Taxes of $21,631
- Central Air
- 1 (or 2?) wood burning fireplaces
- 1 car garage
- 25×100 lot
- Bedroom #1: 20×17 (third floor)
- Bedroom #2: 14×10 (third floor)
- Bedroom #3: 10×10 (third floor)
- Bedroom #4: 12×9 (main floor)
- Living room: 22×14 (second floor)
- Dining room: 18×14 (second floor)
- Family room: 18×16 (second floor)
- Kitchen: 15×9 (second floor)
- Kitchen in the LL
- Laundry in the LL
- Deck
The previous sale photos have the floorplan. Also found them here: http://www.lowegroupchicago.com/real-estate/1928-n-lincoln-avenue-chicago-il-60614/11159801/112212856
it’s hard to tell what the place actually looks like, room sizes etc. because of that strange wide-angle lens they used on every shot.
The pics are borderline REO quality.
“Will this seller get the premium 11 months later?”
Only if the mortgage is assignable.
Looks like parts of the living rooms were partitioned off as bedrooms.
I’m not sure that previous floor plan is applicable anymore.
They removed the wall for the dining room (why??? why does vintage have to be ruined so???) That wall was the bomb. Big doorway, massive crown molding.
And there appears to be a room in the front of the house.
There’s some vintage charm here, and the location would be excellent if it weren’t on Lincoln Avenue with all the bus traffic. Room sizes look OK in the listing but kind of feel cramped in the photos. This one reminds me a bit of some of the ones I’ve been in on Alta Vista Terrace. Same era, same narrow floor plan. Price looks about where I’d expect it to be.
“on Lincoln Avenue with all the bus traffic”
What bus? The 11 was eliminated years ago now.
the changes to the main living floor are basically criminal…
The 11 bus is gone? I stand corrected. I kind of thought that as I posted my comment but didn’t really give it much consideration. Lincoln is still a busy street.
“The 11 bus is gone?”
Yup, since 2017. South end of the route is at the Western Brown stop.
The 37 is the alternate bus, and runs on Sedgwick south of Armitage.
“Lincoln is still a busy street.”
Is it?
When I think of “busy streets” in Lincoln Park, Lincoln is not the one that first comes to mind. Fullerton, Halsted do. But Lincoln?
I’d say Lincoln is decently busy—not as much as Fullerton and Halsted. But there’s steady traffic at all hours, decent volume of trucks / light commercial, etc..
“Lincoln is still a busy street.”
Is it?
When I think of “busy streets” in Lincoln Park, Lincoln is not the one that first comes to mind. Fullerton, Halsted do. But Lincoln?”
This is right across the street from Ranalli’s, so 6 months out of the year, this is busy… not only noise from the patio, but delivery drivers, Ubers, etc directly in front of this place. Also big delivery trucks during the day. Not to mention regular traffic trying to get to Clark and Wells. This is a busy stretch of Lincoln by any definition.