L I B RA PLY OF THE U N IVERS ITY or ILLl NOI5 917^731 IIUNOIS HISTCRiCAL SURVEY CITY IN A GARDEN •'"■■'''**'^*"""*'*''''^'«»?'«i«i*pl|pBW ^jr •/-f^V*? •t i\< ^ *:^-/ -^• Ti'- r^ J- V >-r i^T^ .. -^ L ^ • .■* 'J^ i^' J ii^ml ^ '••-*H* pv«^j M H^ ^^ Y?^M^^V^U DiVcrscy Parkway / I O I ^-\VF^qHTWOOD QsjEiqHBOI\S Fuller tx>r) AVe. Sheffield Qv[ei(^hboi\s ArmitageAVe. ^<^^\Tl\LAN(qLE North Ave. LlISrCOLN PAKK CON5EI\VATIOM AKEA. LINCOLN PARK CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION OFFICERS William A. Hutchison, M.D.. President, Amos H. C. Brown, 1st Vice President, Dr. William A. Waters. 2nd Vice President, Mrs. Anthony Sassano, Secretary, James Maltman, Jr., Treasurer. ADVISORY COUNCIL Paul Angle, Edward A. Cudahy, William Harrison Fetridge, Dr. Arthur R. McKay, Chester McKittrick, Rev. Comerford J. O'Malley, CM.. Stanley Par- gellis, Robert C. Preble, Sr., William Wood Prince, George M. Proctor, Arthur Reebie. Robert Sargent Shriver. David Wallerstein. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mrs. John Bergan, Pierre Blouke, J. Paul Brislen, Amos H. C. Brown. Gabe W. Burton, S. T. Chavez, John A. Cook, Howard Donaldson, Jack L. Ellison, Maurice Forkert, Rev. Gerald E. Forshey, Gerald B. Frank, Madge Friedman, James Gaughan, M. P. Geraghty, Paul Gerhardt, Jr.. Rev. Gerhard Grauer, Mrs. Thomas Griffin, Charles Grundhoefer, Edwin B. Hadfield, Daggett Harvey, John A. Holabird, Jr., Joseph Hollerbach, William A. Hutchison, M. D., Mrs. Elmer Johnson, Rev. Preston Kavanagh, Gerard A. Koch, Mrs. John F. Lang- don, William E. Locke, James Maltman, Jr., Lyle R. Mayer, Mrs. Phillis Muzzillo, Mrs. Charles McLean, Rev. Henry J. Novak, Jonathan Pugh, Virgil Reginato, Marvin A. Rosner, M.D., Roy M. Russinof, Michael Sappanos, Mrs. Anthony Sassano, Malcolm D. Shanower, Robert S. Study, Sr., Rev. Alva Tompkins, Thomas Walsh, Rev. T. J. Wangler, Dr. William A. Waters, Sarajane Wells, Dr. Robert C. Worley, Masao V. Yamasaki. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR William Friedlander PRESIDENTS EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Paul Gerhardt, Jr. 1954-1955 Emil F. Hubka, Jr. 1954-1955 George M. Proctor 1956-1957 Armond D. Willis 1955-1957 George B. Cooke 1958-1959 Malcolm D. Shanower 1958-1961 John A. Cook I960 William Friedlander 1961- Marshal L. Scott 1961-1962 William A. Hutchison. M.D. 1962- AFFILIATED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS: Old Town Triangle Association 1948 Roy M. Russinof. President Mid North Association 1950 Dr. Marvin A. Rosner. President Park West Association 1955 Gerald Frank, President Sheffield Neighborhood Association 1958 Rev. Robert Worley, President Lincoln Central Association 1958 Joseph Hollerbach, President Ranch Triangle Association 1959 Rev. Gerald Forshey, President Wrightwood Neighborhood Association 1962 James Gaughan, President CITY IN A GARDEN Homes in the Lincoln Park Community PAULA ANGLE. Editor THOMAS J. MULHANEY. Photographic Consultont O. MAURICE FORKERT, Compiler 1963 SPONSORED BY THE LINCOLN PARK CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION CHICAGO CONTENTS PAGES OLD TOWN 6-19 LINCOLN CENTRAL 20-27 RANCH TRIANGLE 28-32 MID NORTH 33-45 SHEFFIELD NEIGHBORS 46-52 WRIGHTWOOD NEIGHBORS 53-55 PARK WEST 56-64 Copyright. 1963, by The Coach House Press, Incorporated Chicago 4. Illinois Lithographed in the U.S.A. 7/7.73/ c^'(- FOREWORD THIS VOLUME PRESENTS A PICTORIAL STORY of neighbor- hood conservation. Home owners and tenants in the Lincoln Park Conservation area voluntarily supplied over a thousand photographs and slides from which were chosen those that appear here. It was their cooperation that made this publication possible. This is typical of good neighborhood planning. It is not some- thing done entirely by the city, nor by local associations, nor by individuals. It is something everybody does — together. To show characteristic variations in approaching neighborhood improvements, the photographs from each of the seven areas which form the Lincoln Park Conservation Association were grouped to- gether. The reader will notice that communities differ in their solutions of the many conservation problems. Some excel in creating beautiful gardens and patios, others in restoring old and quaint architectural features. In each instance people improved their neighborhood. And in so doing they have indicated the validity of an established principle that "the welfare of any neighborhood is dependent upon the welfare of all other neighborhoods and the city as a whole." This book documents only a very small portion of the vast pro- gram of improvements carried out during the last fifteen years in the Lincoln Park Conservation area. The Chicago Department of Build- ings reports that the rnoney spent for improvements, repairs, new additions and dwellings by private and institutional owners in the Lincoln Park Community reached a total of over $6,695,000 in 1962 alone. This sum does not include the thousands of dollars spent on tree planting and other non-permit activities for neighborhood beautifi- cation. While much remains to be done, this volume attempts to show that the rebirth of the Lincoln Park area is no longer idle theory, and that the beauty and charm of old Chicago are experiencing an exciting rebirth through the civic interest and pride of its citizens. WILLIAM A. HUTCHISON. M. D. President Lincoln Park Conservation Association ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THE SPONSORS AND PUBLISHERS OF THIS BOOK wish to express their gratitude and sincere thanks to the following for the valuable suggestions and practical help that made this work possible: PLANNING Amos H. C. Brown, chairman of the Book Committee of the Lincoln Park Conservation Association; Paula Angle and Thonuis J. Mulhaney, who gave generously of their time and talent in selecting and organizing the pictorial material. RESEARCH Donna Lee Johnson, for her assistance in the search for photographs; Amy C. Forkert. for keeping the records of this project; the many writers of the Chicago press, who have given thorough coverage to developments in the Lincoln Park Conservation area; the Chicago Historical Society, for its cooperation in authen- ticating pictures and historical data; Imogene Johnson, who identified many of the photographs; and many other active members of the seven neighborhood associations, who facilitated the search for good pictures and accurate source information. PHOTOGRAPHY* pp. 6. 28, 30-b. 31, 32, 45, 47-b, 48, 49-t. 50, 51. 52, 53-b, 54-bl, 54-br, 55-b, 58, 59, 61-b, 62-1, 63-r Donna Lee Johnson pp. 7, 8-b, 14-tl Bert Murray p. 8-t, 1 0-1, 18-r.M. Jean Middlebrook p. 9-t Russel Du Bois p. 9-b William G. Loewe pp. 1 1-t. 23-br, 29, 30-1. 30-t. 49-b. . . Franz Altschuler pp. 1 1 -bl, 1 5-tr David Landis p. 1 1-br Lawrence Dobson pp. 12-t, 17, 18-t, 25. Chicago Tribune p. 12-b Gabe W. Burton p. 13, Dust Jacket Clarence John Laughlin pp. 10-1, 14-tr, 61-t Chicago Historical Society p. 14-b. .Town Country Photographers pp. 15-tI, 15-b, 46, 47-t Howard Friedman p. 16-1 Frank Nesbitt p. 16-br Mercer Sullivan p. 18-b Moval Investment Corp. *K.ey: t-top. b-bottom, tl-top left, tr-top right, bl-bottom left, br-bottom right. p. 19 Cyril P. Ferring pp. 20, 2 1-t. 22-r, 23-1, 24-b, 26-b Ruth Welty pp. 21-b. 22-1. 23-tr, 26-t and Front Cover Frank Sokolik p. 27-t Charles McLean p. 27-b Lyie Mayer pp. 33, 37-t J. Curtis Mitchell pp. 24-t, 34, 35. 36. 37-b. 38. 54-t. 55-t. 57-b, 60. 62-r, 63-tl, 64 Thomas Mulhaney p. 39 Herrlin Studio p. 40 Norman F. Barry p. 4I-t James Swann p. 41-b C. Franklin Brown 43-t Charles Reynolds 43-b Stella Jenks 44 Edward ZagRodny 53-t Felicitas Brueck 56 Chicago Sun-Times 57-1 Louise Robinson p. 61-t Henry Reichel p. 63-bl K.' Varnelis FORMAT AND PRODUCTION Donald A. Blome and Stanley Kazdailis, for valuable suggestions in design and typography; Bernard T. Beckman. for technical assistance; Trade Service Type- setting Company, for composition; Gregg-Moore Lithographing Co., for printing; and Spinner Brothers Company, for binding. THE COACH HOUSE PRESS, INC., Publishers INTRODUCTION THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO proudly proclaims its motto as "Urbs in Horto" — City in a Garden. Few of the town's inhabitants in the 1830's, when the motto originated, could have foreseen the metropolis that was to sprawl over miles of swampy Lake Michigan shoreline — or the slums, industrial grime, and traffic chaos that would make their bucolic Latin phrase seem at best charm- ingly naive. The garden idea, however, was never entirely discarded. Even when they built close to the Loop, where space was at a premium, Chicagoans planted trees and left space for front and back yards. An example is what has come to be called the Lincoln Park community. Bounded roughly by North Avenue on the south, Lincoln Park on the east. Diversey Avenue on the north, and the Milwaukee tracks and Clybourn Avenue on the west, the area was first settled in the 1850's by German truck gardeners. Prior to 1871 buildings were fairly scattered, and most of them were leveled during the Chicago Fire of that year. It was during the next 25 years that most of the structures in this neighborhood went up, from wooden "relief shanties" and brick cot- tages in the south and west to the elaborate stone mansions of the northern sector. The area became the home of De Paul University and McCormick Theological Seminary, numerous hospitals, churches, and schools, and the Chicago Historical Society — not to mention the garage that witnessed the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. With time, portions of the Lincoln Park area, rundown and shabby, began the downhill slide into urban blight. A report as late as 1948 characterized the section as "predominantly in a state of deterioration." Even before this time, however, energetic and enter- prising residents had begun to retrieve, restore, and rescue. What has happened since is described in the Foreword and illustrated in the rest of this book. The people who made it possible proved that at least one Chicago community has made a reality of the old motto — C/7.v in a Garden. PAULA ANGLE, Editor A rcmodckd house on Lincoln Park West. Ihc cherub and wrought-iron fence and railing are addi- tions, the paneled door original. More cherubs, also on Lincoln Park West. These carvings grace doors brought to Chicago from Europe in the late 19th century. The heads are big for the bodies, and one architecture expert has called the figures "charmingly disproportionate." - ^^ i^'. yt^ A two-family garden on Orleans Street. Especially noteworthy are the rock gar- den, a collection of over 150 lilies, and a variety of trees — crabapple, redbud, June- berry, and Russian olive. I'roni Wisconsin Avenue, which these apartment buildings face, passersby are imawarc of the charming porches at the back. Petunias and ivy are window box favorites. The piping satyr at right, a detail from the scene below, is an Italian import. An Old Town landmark is this wooden farni-style house at the corner of Lincoln Park West and Menomonee. The interior has been remodeled, but the exterior has changed little since the house was built, shortly after the Chicaeo Fire of 1S71. The side patio of the house shown above. Window boxes sport geraniums, petunias, and ivy; nicotiana plants grow beneath. If) Menomonee Street interior, remodeled by an artist couple. The hanging chim- ney formerly extended only a few inches below the ceil- ing; it was built downward and a Franklin stove set into it. Living room of a once-abandoned house on Orleans Street, extensively remodeled. Formal living room in a Wisconsin Street home. Olive-green, red, and black are the predominating colors, with white walls. A four-story house on La Salle Street has this curving stairway leading from the first to the second floors. Formal patio behind a Wisconsin Street home. The espaliered apple tree against the wall bears fruit. Because of prevailing shade, the owner specializes in such plants as pachysandra and impatiens. 12 Extremely wide eaves balance an overhanging ver- anda on this Lincoln Park West residence. It was built in 1872-73 for Chicago brewer Frederick Wacker. At one side stands a gate (shown on the front cover) originally built for Mecca House, home of important Oriental visitors to the Columbian Ex- position of 1893. 13 I he Crilly buildings — including eight homes and ten apartment houses — he between North Park, St. Paul, La Salle, and Eugenie, and have been called "the foundation stone of modern Old Town." Developer Daniel F. Crilly built them between 1877 and 1905. Above is a rustic corner near the Wells Street entrance to the Georgian Court apartments. Below, small but varied in treatment, are back porches of the Crilly Court apartments. A single porch is at left. Metal plays an important role in details from Victorian structures. The graceful doors at right, in an apartment building at Eugenie and La Salle, have been attributed to Chicago architect Louis Sullivan. Below, the bay of a brick house on Wells Street is sheet metal painted black. From the same building is the gate at the bottom of the page, topped by two birds and a basket of fruit. /j4(a Ss«^ ■m* mil I II I I — ~ ■ — '■■- i -^^ ' ^-%\ ■=? -L ^ i^ . Tl V ' ' ■ ^ -^ 1 ■ ' 1 k\ J ^ " ' ^ ^Qi 4 ' m\ ^k t 1 ml H 1 ^Jg t-' ^ialA^ I ■--■ ^D^^^ ■:iJ • "^^ ■n k 4f ■ ■ .'j -l — - ^_ -J - — •• ' * ZjJLIXI" i_'_i ■ ^9 1 ''I^mI . I ^ 1 > "^•^uM M • «di' lilt » r SI ^*2i5f IJ^ -4- nm t:i A courtyard apartment on Wells Street. The carved door is by Chicago artist Edgar Miller. At left is the entrance to one of four row houses on Lincoln Park West designed by Louis Sullivan. The simple, dignified red brick buildings were erected in 1 884 at a cost of $12,000. Rococo elegance in a Wisconsin Street living room, above. At right, from the same house, is the ceiling of the downstairs sitting room; it was painted a la Tiepolo bv the artist-owner. '^^^m \r.^ A second-floor deck at the rear of a La Salle Street apart- ment provides spacious outdoor comfort. ^ (qJsYqa Gy 1 i^^"^"^ m^ ^ fl v»^ AcYd X JBH This wrought-iron gate leads into a back- yard garden behind a Lincoln Avenue town house. Roses line the wooden fence. Owners gutted a former rooming house on Orleans Street, left, to create a twelve- unit apartment building. (jfii Ni^i li At the side of a Crilly Court town house patio is a small Japanese style garden featuring shade-loving plants. The owners brought the stone lantern back from Japan and gave it a background of palm, moss, and ferns. 19 Decorative plantings and a pierced brick wall add interest to a flight of steps at a Lincoln Avenue house. 20 A simple backyard on Bur- ling, enhanced by the sound of softly splashing water. The garden below, at Mo- hawk and Armitage, was barren sand as late as 1961. The owners planted peren- nials, installed a pool and fountain at the rear, and surfaced the center with gravel and brick. ^'H ■^*w-.. Ills If * >-r^. v. •S- ..Jfmi-' ^(T^v*'. SiniplicitN is the keynote of this small house on Mohawk. The hntels above the door and windows are typical of the immediate post-Fire period. ''^ 11 An effective combination of old and new elements make an interesting doorway on Lincoln Avenue. The garden of this house is shown on page 20. The paneled doors at right, on Cleveland Avenue, are set in an arch, decorated with a rope molding. Top right, on Mohawk, a boxlike house with metal cornice. Living room of a row house on Burling, built around 1885. The artist-owners plastered, painted, and pap- ered throughout, but kept the original fireplace. At left, the backyard of a sculptor's studio on Wiscon- sin, with several cast stone figures. The head of Bac- chus is a brilliant red aszainst the concrete wall. Airy fretwork decorates the porch of a Dickens Avenue home, right. Builders used to select trim from mill catalogues. Note the rope molding on top window. . ■^.^" ^■.'^.- Lilacs 60 years old shade this Mohawk Street gar- den. Broi<en-cement paving is edged with phlox. .. .uBflH m "y^ pMur mmm.. Stones from demolished buildings were used for the pool at left, in a Lincoln Avenue yard. The owners built it in 1957, added a waterfall the following year. Spe- cially constructed niches hold geranium and petunia plants. J^ ^ C'' J/^-'^' 'i % !^ PIK •-;p 1 1; • i**^^ "i*^ Nj^ . ■. . t ,><:^,?^;;.^ Lush grass, an ivy-covered wall, and a back patio are features of a garden on Burling, below. A survivor of the Chicago Fire is the farmhouse above, set in spacious grounds at Mohawk and Armitaee. It was built in 1863 for about $800. 27 The entrance to a house on Dayton, above. Doors carved in a fanciful pattern are divided into sev- eral nicely proportioned panels. At left, two-legged dragons cavort around a sheet metal tower, one of a pair on a large building at Wisconsin and Fremont. Bricks for round towers like these were usually cast to a radius. 29 This unusually shaped house on Seminary reflects a variety of influences and the eclecticism of another age. Comer bay on an apart- ment at Dayton and Armi- tage. Note that decorations differ at each story. 30 Two houses on Bissell. Simpler details in- dicate that the one at left is probably the older of the two. W(i X^ ' '^^ ' ' yy^ "K \. ^ T\\ A wrought-iron railing edges the balcony of a residence on Fremont. The supporting corbel includes a female head. Side by Mdc. Uvc) housu> i)fi 1 rciuoiU rcpicNLiii widely different styles and periods of Chicago architecture. A balcony detail from the one at right is shown on page 31. 32 The Bellinger cottage on Hudson Avenue, right, is still known by the name of its first owner, who saved it from destruction in the Chicago Fire. Richard Bellinger, a policeman, soaked the roof of his (almost new) house for hours. Some say he used cider and vinegar; others, that he lugged water from nearby Ten-Mile Ditch. IIIU 1\1 ^Ul ^>^ ■im- IK >*■. ^^ J V :€■- '^rr V "^y^: A large backyard garden on Belden, left, is divided into three main sections. At lower left is a kitchen garden, where the owners raise herbs, fruits, and vegetables — including 47 '/2 pounds of tomatoes one year. Across from it is a flower plot. Dwarf honeysuckle separates these areas from the paved patio, with its waterfall and pool (made with stones from buildings wrecked in the Clark-La Salle urban renewal project ) . Above, ice cream chairs and table in the potting area, at the very back of the garden. 35 Living room-kitchen area in an apartment on Hudson. The owner — a developer who specializes in remodeling — gutted the interior, lowered ceilings, and modernized the fireplace. Additions include built-in hi fi equipment. 36 Hudson Gardens is a 13-unit town house development de- signed and financed by a local artist and built around a core of remodeled post-Fire residences. Above is a view of the central courtyard. Below, set in a paving-brick wall, are terracotta heads that spout water into a pool. 37 Simple panels, a plain transom, and heavy lintel create a dignified doorway in a Cleveland Avenue building. 38 In this Clark Street house, right, the owner stripped walls down to the bare studs and paneled them in a plastic-finish material, adding beams to the ceiling. The oak parquet floor is also new. The unusual doors of this Geneva Ter- race home had been taken down, and the owners salvaged them from a garage. Note the rope molding beneath the lintel. An interior view of the house at left. Be- cause of sagging, the stairway had to be jacked up several inches to restore its oricinal handsome curve. 40 A cast stone statue of the Japanese god- dess of mercy, Kwannon, graces a garden on Webster. Shade plants include ferns, begonias, and impaticns. A Sedgwick Street garden. Around a cen- tral area covered with crushed milk quartz are beds of tulips and lilies. ■ ■■■■<- .Si. .:; ■ ■■■■ (■■■KB ■ I i I ■ I I ■ ■ ■ I ■ » J I ■ KniH. «■■■■■' ■■■nak.*"! 1 ■ ■ II * ■ I I I ■ M ■ ■ ■ I ■>BAf«Cif ■ Vaaaa ■■•■: ■ ■ ^ ■ ■ »«.■■■ « H • «■■■»■■■ :i^ ^-^ r**^^ .: -r^^ # * 42 Row houses on Grant Place. These were undoubtedly built as one-family units in a single development. Row houses on Cleveland, converted in 1960 from a 31 -unit rooming house to 8 apartments. Extensive remodeling took place, but the owner retained the 15- foot ceilings, marble fireplaces, exterior stone carvings, 'and wood shutters. Front entrances to two Cleveland Avenue homes, below. The owners removed old porches, stairs, and railings, replacing them with new ones and adding shutters and a carriage lamp. 43 'Siurji-i/uJia' 44 Spacious living room of a Clark Street home which dates back to about 1907. The building has a total of four fireplaces. Stairway of the house pictured above. Structural changes included lowering the ceilings. One of the first remodeling projects in tlie Mid North area involved this five-story building on Cleveland Avenue, extensively altered in 1931-32. The windows glow with colored glass, and interiors boast marble, tile, carved wood, and wrought-iron details. 45 Architectural details add interest to many houses in the Sheffield area. On the opposite page is a three-story bay on an apartment building at the corner of Dickens and Halsted; at left, a stained glass window on Dayton. Below, on Fremont, is a house that combines wood and brick. Special features include beveled glass win- dows, terracotta trim between the first and second stories, and a parapet of corbeled brick. \ •^ ^ ■ I Hallway ol .1 ii^mJciici: on Fremont built about 1874. The present owners purchased it 15 years ago and have done much renovating. The break- front is antique, the lamp beside it a replica. 48 A Fullerton Avenue backyard. Sim- plicity of design and a broad ex- panse of carefully tended lawn create a restful atmosphere. miiimni inniiinu ■1 'f-ml I niik7wii.i ■» ■ llll ll „„ ML.-.,, i '; ! :' ? An effective touch on this Sheffield Avenue house is the trim beneath the windows, formed by bricks set at an angle. 49 At right, snow scene on the grounds of McCormick Theological Semi- nary. The campus — between Fuller- ton, Belden, Shellicld, and Halsted — includes private residences as well as school buildings. Some date back to the 188()"s; all are part of a con- tinual program of renewal. Left, wrought-iron fence and lan- tern at McCormick Seminary. Chal- mer's Place, at the center of the campus, is an oasis of calm reminis- cent of another era. Modification of roof, windows, and door- way give this house on Racine a contem- porary, almost suburban, appearance. 50 UNIVERSITY OF lUINOIS LIBRARY f% ^ .'Hfl / Entrance foyer of a Belden Avenue house, completely renovated four years ago. This is one of several faculty homes owned by McCormick Theo- logical Seminary. Areaway between two build- ings on Fremont. The owner of the one at left purchased the property some 15 years ago, remodeled the house, and built a garden in back — com- plete with a greenhouse and what he calls "an American- ized torii gate." kw. ■ >yi^^ ^i^ This concrete lily pond on Montana — stocked with goldfish and surrounded by daisies, petunias, and four o'clocks — is five feet deep. The owner says, "1 want to show people what they can do to keep up their neighborhood. It just takes a little work and a little money." Old and new contrast on Lill Street. J-'# Corinthian columns support an icicle- hung porch on Wrightwood. 54 A cottage on Aitgcld. Note the wood- en millwork and iron parapet. A house on Lill is decorated with wooden rosettes and a turret. ■t>f^i>r'f«. A two-story home on Wrightwood com- bines brick with terracotta trim. The square tower, set against a mansard roof, has a kind of Palladian elegance. The simple wooden cottage at left — with its unusual second-story porch — con- trasts with a brick two-flat building on Lill Street. 55 56 Hallway of a house on Fullerton, showing the fine stair- case paneling and newel post. Owners, who renovated the entire building, covered these walls with grasscloth. Entrance to the house shown on the opposite page. An ornate porch roof was removed to set off the beautiful carved fruitwood door to best advantage. On Deming, a brick and sandstone man- sion with Romanesque details. The bay window at the side is covered with sheet copper inscribed with fleur-de-lis. 57 A stately three-story town house at Lake- view and ArHngton. Terracotta trim adds elegance to the golden-brown brick. Be- low is the porte-cochere leading into an inner courtvard. 5<S Living room of a large apartment on Lakeview, right. The exquisite carved fireplace, by Grinling Gibbons, was im- ported from England. Gibbons was wood- carver to Charles II and Christopher Wren and was noted for his delicate rep- resentations of birds, fruits, and foliage. '^fimmsmmmmmiiii Stone figures support the porch of a home buih in 1896 for Chi- cago brewer Francis J. Dewes. Located at Wrightwood and Hampden Court, it now houses the Swedish Engineers Society. 60 Full view of the building shown on the opposite page. Fine details inside in- clude oak paneling, painted ceilings, and tapestries. Ironwork was exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition before installation. Spacious interior of an apart- ment on Lakeview. Contrasting sharply with the prevailing tone ot the Park West neighborhood is this angular build- ing on Arlington. False fronts with a Dutch flavor embellish row houses on Deming. Note the terracotta "candles'" at the sides of each. 62 Like many Park West buildings, this t)ne on Deming uses both stone and brick, with metal railings and gable decoration. In this interior on St. James, stark white walls combine with an arched wooden door and iron railings to create a Spanish atmosphere. 63 64 An unusual porch-staircase, like a pagoda, graces a house on Pine Grove. Each tier is handled differently. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISURBANA 917 731AN4C C001 SItViN A GARDEN. HOMES IN THE LINCOLN P I|:<l:r<ll|ll|illlllll|lll|iil||lll|lll|ll1l|ll|1lll|l1|llll| 3 0112 025338549