BUILDING INDEX OF SELECTED CHICAGO ARCHITECTURAL MONOGRAPHS Updated: 2/6/14; See end of list for key to publications indexed. Building Name Alternate Name Address Date Built Date of Image Architect/Designer Notes Page Publication 1006 West Polk Street The Pool Room 1006 W. Polk St. n.d. n.d. Formerly a grocery store; turned into the Pool Room (pool hall) in 1940 44 TSCLI 1101-1103 S. Racine Avenue 1101-1103 S. Racine Ave. n.d. 1926 18-19 TSCLI Symbolic for the residents of the community who had vigorously opposed to UIC campus construction, the house is a link between the university and the neighborhood. An example of a restored historic 1246 W. Lexington Street Exterior 1246 W. Lexington St. n.d. n.d. home standing alongside new development. 125 TSCLI 130 Custom House Place 130 Custom House Pl. The escape tunnel was located where Printers Square Apartments now stands. 12 PRC Vernon Square New West Associates development that went up on the 1300 block of Fillmore Street is 1300 block of Fillmore Street Drawing 1300 block of Fillmore St n.d. n.d. typical of the new development. Pictured are buildings constructed on the north side of Fillmore. 121 TSCLI Until about 1908 the entire length of Michigan Ave. south of 12th St. was exclusively used for high class residential structures. Michigan Ave. was known for its excellent bitulithic pavement and was the longest and best paved street in the country. It became a popular location for automoble showrooms. Between 1908 and 1910 40 such showrooms replaced the old residences between 12th and 26th Sts. 1516 Michigan Avenue Temperance Parade 1516 Michigan Ave. n.d. 1908 as can be seen in this photograph looking north from about 1516 Michigan Ave. 21 NSS 1529 W. Adams Street 1529 W. Adams St. c.1980s-1990s Moved to currently location in 1990s during building of United Center. 74 CM 1609-1611 S. Prairie Avenue 1609-1611 S. Prairie Ave. 1910 c.1910s-1920s Built and owned by E.T. Cade, cost of construction $22,000. Demolished, 1942. 101 CHPA 1652 N. Humboldt Boulevard 1652 N. Humboldt Blvd. 1890s c.1980s-1990s 77 CM Near the William Penn Elementary School. Two years after the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 16th St. & Hamlin Ave. 16th St. & Hamlin Ave. 1966 assassination, some of the area was destroyed. 112 CJWS 18th Street South view of 18th St. 1951 A stark contrast in 1951 to the early 1900s mansions. 108 CHPA Originally built as a fashionable apartment hotel. 1950, declared one of the worst slum buildings in 18th Street 18th St., west of Indiana Ave 1885 1950 Chicago. 114 CHPA This large building block replaced 6 bick houses. This $100,000 structure contained stores on the 1st floor and 7 offices and 42 7-room flats on the upper stories. The exterior is of "red pressed brick with 18th Street (N.E. corner) & Wabash 18th St. (N.E. corner) & Wabash terra cotta trimmings." This building no longer stands. The 18th St. streetcar line was discontinued in Avenue Ave. 1895 n.d. Palmer, C.M. 1948. 19 NSS 1904 S. Indiana Avenue 1904 S. Indiana Ave. 1887 c.1960s Silsbee, Lyman Joseph One of the last surviving residences in the neighborhood. Demolished, 1999. 123 CHPA 23rd Street & Millard Avenue 23rd St. & Millard Ave. View from N.E. corner. 32 CLV 24th Place & Keeler Avenue W. 24th Pl. & S. Keeler Ave. 44 CLV 26th Street & Pulaski Road 26th St. & Pulaski Rd. 1924; 1934 View looking E. 59, 75 CLV 26th Street State Bank 3856 W. 26th St. 1909 Kuclina, J. Postcard, 1925. Center. Today, Chase Bank. 62 CLV 27th Street & Millard Avenue 27th St. & Millard Ave. View N. from 27th St. 43 CLV 3322 W. Douglas Blvd. 3322 W. Douglas Blvd. 1932 North Lawndale 55 CJWS 3334 W. 23rd Street 3334 W. 23rd St. 1960s 98 CLV 3625 W. 26th Street 3625 W. 26th St. 1969 106 CLV 3957-3959 S. Ellis Avenue 3957-3959 S. Ellis Ave. 1894 c.1980s-1990s Beers, Clay and Dutton 29 CM 4300 W. 26th Street 4300 W. 26th St. 121 CLV 61st Street & Racine Avenue Union Rally 61st St. & Racine Ave. c.1950 (3 images). A police station was built on this spot in 1954. 96-97 CEN Chicago City Bank constructed its first building at the northeast cover of Halsted and Englewood Streets while the surrounding area was not fully developed. The elevated train line extended into 6225 S. Halsted Street Chicago City Bank 6225 S. Halsted St. 1893 Englewood. 79 CEN 6307 S. Halsted Street 6307 S. Halsted St. c.1925 Englewood shopping district. 62 CEN Linden Theatre; Chicago Bank & Trust; 63rd St. Weiboldt's Department Store. 63rd St. c.1930s Looking West. 58 CEN 63rd St. 63rd St. c.1945 63 CEN Christmas Parade; State's Attorney Bernard 63rd St. Cary 63rd St. 1977 Bernard Carey's office was in the corner building of Halsted and 63rd Streets. 77 CEN 63rd Street & Halsted Street Kresge's 63rd St. & Halsted St. c.1900 Southwest corner. 56 CEN Northwest corner. Developing buildings for leasing was common practice. In 1920s, the New China Restaurant was located on the 2nd fl. This corner proved to be one of the most profitable in the city. The Chicago City Bank (now Pullman Bank and Trust) built its final building on 63rd St., southwest of Bromstedt's; Chicago City Bank; Pullman this corner. An elevated public transit station was located close by. Walgreens drugstore stands on the 63rd Street & Halsted Street Bank and Trust; Walgreens 63rd St. & Halsted St. 1889 site currently. 56 CEN Northeast corner. Schlitz erected this 3-story building before 1900. It was later purchased by Becker- 63rd Street & Halsted Street Schlitz Brewing Company 63rd St. & Halsted St. c.1899 1914 Ryan department stores. 57 CEN Northeast corner. Before being demolished and replaced with Sears Roebuck and Company Store, it was one of the largest multi-unit buildings in Englewood. The building owners expanded the 63rd Street & Halsted Street Beck-Ryan Building 63rd St. & Halsted St. c.1899 n.d. department store by purchasing surrounding properties. 57 CEN 63rd Street & Halsted Street Englewood Light-O-Rama Festival 63rd St. & Halsted St. 1961 Looking West from 63rd and Halsted Streets. 74 CEN In the mid-1960s, street canopies line the streets and traffic was re-routed so that Halsted St. became 63rd Street & Halsted Street Englewood Easter Parade 63rd St. & Halsted St. 1975 a pedestrian mall. 75 CEN 63rd Street & Halsted Street Englewood Easter Parade 63rd St. & Halsted St. 1975 75 CEN 63rd Street & Halsted Street Englewood Easter Parade 63rd St. & Halsted St. 1975 76 CEN Englewood Easter Parade; Englewood Theatre; Carr's Department Store; Carr's Department Store bought the land and theater that originally comprised the Southtown 63rd Street & Halsted Street Southtown Theatre 63rd St. & Halsted St. 1975 Theatre. 76 CEN 6425-33 S. Yale 6425-33 S. Yale c.1962 (2 images) Rehabilitation of a condemned apartment building, before/after by Mckey & Poague. 100 CEN 6438 S. Harvard Avenue 6438 S. Harvard Ave. 1890 This single-dwelling, middle class home was later demolished and replaced by an apartment building. 15 CEN 666 Lounge 666 S. State St. n.d. n.d. Located on Whisky Row along South State Street; stands just south of the Pacific Garden Mission 70 PRC 7839 S. South Shore Drive 7839 S. South Shore Dr. 1880 c.1980s-1990s 40 CM Site for the Third Bank Building; snow is removed from the ground on which the building was to be 815 W. 63rd Street Third Bank Building 815 W. 63rd St. 1929 built. 80 CEN 923 South Bishop Street 923 S. Bishop St. n.d. 1947 45 TSCLI A. C. Kummer 4560 N. Lincoln Ave. c.1917 Today, known as Daily Bar & Grill. 49 LGC A. F. Meyer Delicatessen 4750 N. Lincoln Ave. 1916 1988 Demolished. 77 LGC Abbott, Robert Sengstack, Residence 4742 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr c.1980s-1990s 26 CM The clock in front of the ABC Bank shows a Beaux-Arts style and is indicative of the changes that have come about as the street grew from one housing mom-and-pop stores to service the residents of tenements to one of sophisticated restaurants serving middle and upper-middle class neighborhood ABC Bank Clock 1301 W. Taylor St. n.d. n.d. residents. 123 TSCLI A Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing development made up of four different public housing projects located on the Near-West Side; totaling 3,596 units. The name "ABLA" was an acronym for four different housing developments that together constituted one large site. Declared obsolete by the CHA after 60 years. Most of ABLA has been razed for the Roosevelt Square, a new Jane Addams Holes, Robert H. Brooks From Cabrini St. (North) to 15th mixed-income/use community development. The ABLA's held more than 17,000 residents, giving it Homes, Brooks Extension, Loomis Courts, St. (South); and from Blue Island the second largest population in the CHA. It was second only to the Robert Taylor Homes and ABLA Homes Grace Abbott Apartments Ave. (East) to Ashland Ave (West). 1938-1961 n.d. Cabrini–Green in land area and had a higher occupancy than Cabrini–Green. 109 TSCLI Jane Addams Holes, Robert H. Brooks From Cabrini St. (North) to 15th Homes, Brooks Extension, Loomis Courts, St. (South); and from Blue Island The last of the Jame Addams (ABLA) Homes along Taylor Street since the 1930s are empty as of 2006 ABLA Homes Grace Abbott Apartments Ave.