Some of the most notable historic architectural specimens in Chicago’s south side Beverly neighborhood are those associated with the Horton Family. Patriarch Horace E. Horton founded the world-renowned Chicago Bridge and Iron Company in Washington Heights (Beverly) in 1889. Family members clustered in an area around 102nd and Longwood Drive, building homes along the elevated Blue Island Ridge.
Horace E. Horton House, 10200 South Longwood Drive, 1890, Colonial Revival, John T. Long, architect. House built for the founder of Chicago Bridge and Iron, Horace E. Horton (b. December 20, 1843, Herkimer Co, NY – d. ). Long’s design is based on the H.A.C. Taylor House at Newport, RI (1885-1886; McKim, Mead, and White, architects). According to architectural historian Leland Roth, The Taylor House was the first historically based Colonial Revival house in the U.S. Horton’s home was built shortly after Chicago Bridge and Iron was founded at 105th Street and Throop Avenue in 1889 Horton had just relocated to Chicago from Rochester, MN.
George T. Horton House, 10226 South Longwood Drive, 1908, Colonial Revival, Alfred F. Pashley, architect. George T. Horton (b. 1873, Waupun, WI – d. March 19, 1945, Chicago, IL), was president of Chicago Bridge & Iron following his father Horace’s death in 1912 until 1945. In 1908, he built the house for himself and his new bride, Hazel Heath Horton whom he married on November 27, 1907. Later moved to Kenwood – 4940 Woodlawn Avenue
Hiram T. Horton House, 10235 South Seeley Avenue, 1909-10, Prairie, Harry Hale Waterman, architect; J. D. Heck & Son, Builder.Constructed for Hiram Terry Horton and his wife, Violetta L. (from Linda – Violetta was the daughter of Richard Henry Lee, associated with the Chicago Union Stockyards and one time owner of the Hopkinson-Platt House.) Rear addition dates to 1916 and was built for then owner Charles Baker, a grain broker. The addition was designed by local architect John Todd Hetherington.
Also…Hiram T. Horton House II, 9840 South Longwood Drive, 1922, Tudor Revival, Sidney Lovell, architect; William W. McCumber, builder.