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Essential Architecture- Chicago
Northwest Wicker Park District |
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architect |
Various |
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location |
Bounded by Bell, Caton, Leavitt, Potomac
and "L" tracks |
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date |
1870-1930 |
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style |
Italianate,
Queen
Anne,
Second Empire, and
Romanesque
Revival. |
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construction |
Various |
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type |
Neighbourhood Houses |
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This area is named for the triangular-shaped public park that
developer-politician Charles Wicker, and his brother Joel, donated to
the city in 1870. The large residences that line the park and nearby
streets reflect the wide variety of styles and materials characteristic
of Chicago between the Fire of 1871 and the early-20th century. Pierce and Hoyne streets feature some of the city's largest and best examples of Victorian-era architecture and, due to the large number of brewery owners who built residences on Hoyne, that street became known as "Beer Baron Row." Early inhabitants were largely German and Scandinavian in origin, although a later influx of Polish immigrants led to the area being called the "Polish Gold Coast." |
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links |
With special thanks to the City of
Chicago website,
www.egov.cityofchicago.org , for much of the info on this page.
Photos copyright City of Chicago. |
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