a well-maintained post-fire chicago cottage on mohawk will soon be reduced to rubble and carried off to landfill

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This entry was posted on April 16 2019 by Eric

an 1870's single-story brick workers cottage on mohawk was issued a demolition permit a few days ago. i would have documented it sooner, but was away in utah for several days.

despite being painted, the cottage retains much of its character, including bracketed pine wood cornice with fret-sawn corbels, lightly incised lemont limestone window hoods, and original entrance door jamb and transom.

i managed to pinpoint at least one it's occupants in my lakeside directory archive - a plasterer tradesman named peter linden, who resided there in 1877. when time permits, i will dig deeper.

the neighborhood is largely unrecognizable through the lens of the past. however, i did see and document an 1870's brick two-story with virtually identical cornice across the street. unfortunately, its posted for sale, but i suspect more for the land than the structure on it. it will join its neighbor in the landfill - it's only a matter of time.