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Queen Anne Cottages
1300 Blocks of S. Oakley, Heath & Claremont, Chicago
(c.1886-87)
The recent listing of two
buildings (1302 S. Heath, 1308 S. Oakley) in the city’s Fast Track
Demolition program, alerted preservationists to the possible threat to three
blocks of Queen Anne brick cottages. The homes, many abandoned and for sale,
are now vulnerable to replacement by new town home development. Sister
models to these cottages, in the nearby 1000 block of Claremont, built in |
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1884, have been long recognized for their
historic character (“Claremont Cottages,” AIA Guide to Chicago) and are well
maintained.
Because the cottages are of the same styles seen in the catalog book “The
Claremont Cottages in Seven Styles,” used by real estate agents Turner and
Bond to market the 1000 Block of S. Claremont, it is speculated the cottages
on Heath, Oakley and Claremont were an extension of the same development.
While the Claremont Cottages are noted in the catalog as the work of Chicago
architect Normand S. Patton (Lakeview High School, Oak Park and River Forest
High School), architectural historians speculate architect Cicero Hine may
have had a hand in their design. Hine worked in Patton’s office in 1884 as a
draftsman and in 1886, in his own practice, designed similar homes known as
the Berkeley Cottages in the Oakland-Kenwood Historic District.
The City has recently started to pursue a strategy that would allow these
properties and others like them to be turned over to new owners so they can
be rehabilitated and preserved whenever possible. However, preservationists
hope to see the area studied as a potential Chicago landmark district to
help ensure their preservation.
Photo 1: City of Chicago
Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division
Photos 2-6: Robert Shymanski
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