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Essential Architecture- Chicago
Northwest Jackson Boulevard District and Extension |
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architect |
Various |
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location |
1500-blocks of West Jackson and West
Adams; 200-block of South Ashland |
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date |
1879-93 |
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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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These blocks are virtually all that remain of Chicago's once-fashionable
Near West Side. The houses, as well as the Church of the Epiphany (shown
at right), were built in the popular architectural styles of the
period--Italianate, Queen Anne, Second Empire, and Romanesque Revival. |
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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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