![]() ![]() Nelson Algren House: The exterior stonework on this three-story home is worth a look, but more interesting than the facade is the fact that novelist Nelson Algren (1909–81) lived in one of the building’s third-floor apartments from 1959 to 1975. The residence was reconverted from a boarding house into a single-family home after a fire damaged it around 1980, and underwent extensive interior restoration and beautification in the 1990s. ![]() Stonework on the second-floor balcony follows a checkerboard pattern, and handrails are scrolled with a motif of oak leaves. The Italian Romanesque facade features square columns of granite (polished to resemble marble) and a turret resting on a shell-shaped base. Harris Cohn House: This mansion (built in 1890–91) was the home of a partner in the Cohn Brothers Clothing Company. The addition of Moorish windows on the first and second stories altered the facade around 1890, and the house is currently being restored to its original condition.Ĥ. Quales, a Norwegian immigrant and humanitarian who founded Chicago’s Lutheran Deaconess Hospital, this house dates from 1873 and features Italianate styling and a Romanesque exterior noted for its use of arches and truncated columns. Schiller St.: Built as the residence of Dr. It has thankfully been restored with lively Victorian colors.ģ. ![]() Its owner was a ship’s captain and medical doctor. Schiller St.: This double home was built in 1886 in the fashionable Second Empire style (note the large mansard roof and decorative sawtooth pattern in the brickwork). ![]()
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