6700 South Seventy eighth Avenue Bedford Park
Estimated Construction Date: 1950-1959
Date Research Source: 1951
Primary Materials: Brick
Secondary Materials: Plate Glass
Historic Use: Government
Current Use: Bedford Park Community Building
(at time of survey)
Building Classification: Building
Primary Type: Government
General Notes:
Addition: end of right wing but sympathetic to riginal style; landscape garden feel to entrance; will be undergoing rennovation in the next year (2015).
Roof Form: Flat
Sign Type: Attached
Sign Materials: Metal
Surveyors: Erin Gibbs, Keith Goad, Kelly Humrichouser
Survey Date: 11/3/2014
Noteworthy Classification Features:
Roman brick exterior; narrow ribbon windows hugging roof line; large overhanging eave; brown aluminum fascia; standing panel decoration extending above and running the length of roof line; glass entrance with brown aluminum mullions; covered breezeway adjoining adjacent building (originally firehouse) held up with narrow circular columns; gable roof for meeting hall; right wing of building has 3/4 length ribbon windows with brown aluminum mullions; stone veneer applied underneath; same roof treatment.
Noteworthy Site Features:
Parking Lot
Noteworthy Landscape Features:
Walkways
Major Alterations:
Additions
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