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| Essential
Architecture- Chicago
Northeast Burling Row House District |
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architect |
Edward J. Burling |
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location |
2225-2245 N. Burling Street |
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date |
1875 |
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style |
Italianate |
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construction |
Brick |
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type |
row Houses |
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The ten brick row houses that make up this district form one of the best
surviving row house groupings built in the post-Chicago Fire years of
the 1870s. They were among the first built following passage of a city
ordinance that required "fireproof" masonry construction in the city's
neighborhoods. They are significant examples of the Italianate style,
which dominated Chicago architecture between the Civil War and the
late-1870s. Because they were designed as a unit, the row houses have an
exceptional architectural unity with common setbacks, scale, and height.
They are further distinguished for their fine window ornament and a very
rare, intact wooden cornice that all ten houses share. The row houses
were designed by one of Chicago's earliest and most important
architects, whose other prominent buildings include St. James Episcopal
Cathedral, the Nickerson Mansion, and the Church of the Epiphany (see
Jackson Boulevard District). The street was named for Burling in the
1850s. |
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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.
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