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For more information
on the
Chicago Landmarks
historic resources survey
go to
Landmarks/CHRS
The report itself
is available at the
public library.
Below is a partial listing of
buildings designated orange.
If you have a current digital
photo of the building, know of
its history or other significant
data please contact Deirdre
Graziano at
graz.21stcentury@rcn.com
We will begin an LCA archive
for this data.
Orange Buildings:
Hudson – 1920,1938, 1953
Larrabee – 1917, 1939
Cleveland – 1726, 1753, 1756
1801-1805, 1804
1808, 1847-1849
1857, 2012, 2033
2056-58
Burling – 1725, 1875, 1937, 1944
1945, 1948, 1949, 1950
1958, 1964, 1965, 2211
2212, 2217, 2225, 2227
2229, 2231, 2233, 2235
2239, 2240. 2241, 2243
2245, 2248
Mohawk - 1708,1722, 1726, 1733
1846, 1945-1947, 1958
2024, 2028, 2031, 2032
2038, 2040, 2043, 2045
Halsted – 1601-1611, 1629, 1659
1721, 1725, 1947, 1961
1967, 1971, 2231-2233
2321, 2323-2325
Dickens – 400, 528, 540, 644-659
Armitage – 446, 500-510, 623
651-653, 659, 701
Belden – 732, 740, 746, 750
Lincoln – 1928, 1930, 1932, 1936
2114, 2310-2312, 2358
2360
Orchard – 1636, 1860, 1909, 1951
2208-2210, 2218
2233-2237, 2317, 2319
Sedgewick – 1920, 1922, 1926
1932, 1948
Webster – 714-716
Willow - 449, 450, 634-636, 721
735-739
A Walk on the Quiet Side ~ Deirdre Graziano
There seems to be little time in our
lives for strolling. But if you can,
take a stroll through your LCA
neighborhood and focus on the
buildings that often go unnoticed
because of the pace of our lives.
Such neighborhood structures
provide a lens to the community.
They reflect the culture, history,
triumphs and even tribulations of
the small world they encompass.
We do not have to depend on a car
for our journey. Often cars distance
us from the sidewalk tapestry of
our cityscape. We can, instead,
develop a deeper appreciation by
walking or even biking our streets,
pausing at what catches our eye.
Our walking community shelters
over 100 buildings with
historical association and/or
architectural features of
“potential significance”. Rated
“orange” by the Chicago-
Historic Resources Survey
(CHRS), these buildings capture
our neighborhood’s original
foundation and diverse past.
In 1995, the multi-year citywide
survey (CHRS) created a color-
coded database that we should
know and explore since many of
the buildings are either are in our
own backyard or in our sister
neighborhoods. “Red buildings” are
structures that possess historical
significance to the city, state or
nation, but “orange buildings” are
structures possessing historical or
architectural distinction in the
context of our immediate
community (CHRS). They present
“everyday masterpieces that we
can quietly view without admission
or fanfare,” writes Chicago Tribune
reporter Blair Kamin (January 15,
2003). Yondoff Hall located at
North Avenue and Halsted is one
of the most outstanding and
dominating examples of an
“orange” building within our district.
We need to take note of these
buildings for unless we take note,
they can easily vanish. Kamin
further asserts that many orange
buildings are being “discarded”
without much thought.
In his article, “A Squandered
Heritage,” Blair notes the city does
a good job of protecting our
“marquee landmarks,” but is “much
less careful about safeguarding the
lesser-known architectural gems
that gives its neighborhood their
character.”
The character of Lincoln Central is
why many of us have come to live
here. Orange rated buildings in
LCA include 1880 and early 1900
buildings. Queen Annes,
Italianates, Romanesque,
Victorians, Art Nouveau, Beau
Arts style are all present in our
neighborhood. A stroll along our
blocks reveals art and leaded
glass, classical metal cornices,
Sullivan-designed ornament, terra
cotta details, limestone lintels,
incised keystones with foliate
ornaments, elaborate carved wood
details, intricate bays and other
significant architectural and
historical details.
LCA wishes to create a photo
gallery with a descriptive
narrative of the orange rated
buildings within our boundaries.
We will draw from the CHRS
survey but we want a more
updated database. This would be
posted on the LCA Webpage. The
Survey provides the address of the
building, a block map, black and
white photos and a listing of
noteworthy features, alterations
and additions, as well as a rational
for landmark potential and the
structure’s relationship to the
streetscape. We want to take
updated photos, note the buildings
that have been demolished and
give more of a history on the
buildings gleaned from you, the
neighbors and dwellers of these
buildings. We are trying to partner
with DePaul’s Center for
Community Technical Support on
this project. April Welch is our
contact person. But, we want to
move ahead using our neighbors
as research historians and
archivists. We are seeking your
input. Contact us to participate!
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