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Buying a home in Beverly? Check out the Ridge Historic District
Are you looking to buy a single-family home in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood? The buildings and streetscapes within the Ridge Historic District, listed through community efforts in the National...
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Sacred Gardens: Chicagoland’s 20th-Century American Grottoes
Historic landscapes for warmer weather With Spring’s arrival this week, many Chicagoans bolt outdoors to finally enjoy the rising temperatures after a long winter. If you seeking an unusual outdoor...
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Longwood Drive – Beverly’s Premier Residential Street
Beverly’s Premier Residential Street – Longwood Drive Running principally north and south through the Beverly and Morgan Park neighborhoods is arguably one of Chicago’s most picturesque streets,...
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The Craftsman Style in Chicago’s Beverly-Morgan Park Neighborhoods (1894–1929)
Harmonizing within Beverly’s Wooded Landscape Because Beverly–Morgan Park was an attractive, wooded respite miles away from Chicago’s Loop, it proved to be an ideal setting in the early twentieth...
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Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity House, built 1927-28, University of Illinois, 310 E....
George McClellan, Chicago, IL, architect Day Construction Company, Indianapolis, IN, contractor This past weekend, the University of Illinois hosted Mom’s Weekend in Urbana-Champaign. My son and I...
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Concrete Block Houses
Excerpt from the upcoming book, Local Architecture Chicago, Vol. 1: Historic Beverly Hills-Morgan Park. Copyright Jennifer R. Kenny, 2019 Concrete Block House, 9628 South Longwood Drive Those building...
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Prairie Architecture in Chicago’s Beverly and Morgan Park Neighborhoods...
The iconic Prairie School of architecture, frequently regarded as America’s first indigenous residential architectural style, has well-documented beginnings in Chicago. The Prairie style was...
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DRINK UP HISTORY AT THIS OAK LAWN BAR
Oak Lawn, IL landmark farmhouse turned tavern embodies the history of early agricultural development in Worth Township Local Landmark: Charles Simpson Farmhouse (Homestead Barr), 9306 South Central...
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“Obviously, without its physical plant a university could not exist, but buildings reflect many things other than pure utility. A campus is a diary of the times reflecting the vigor of the...
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Real Estate Broker Discovers George F. Barber House in Oak Lawn, IL
Copyright Jennifer Kenny and Local Architecture Chicago, 2021. All rights reserved. Artistic Homes,1893, George F. Barber Collection, Calvin McClung Historical Collection, Knox County Public Library...
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