Neighborhood, Loyola/Glenwood

The Loyola/Glenwood Neighborhood was featured in the 2002 Fall House Tour Booklet.

The tour was held on Sunday, September 22, 2002, Noon until 5:00 p.m.

History

Long ago, the land around Loyola and Glenwood was mostly open country with forests of birch trees and windswept sand dunes along Lake Michigan. Green Bay Road (now Sheridan Road) was a military route from Fort Dearborn in Chicago north to Fort Sheridan.

Beginning in the 1880s, the tracks of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad were at ground level on the right-of-way that is now the [[wikipedia:Red Line (Chicago Transit Authority}|Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Red Line]] elevated rapid transit line.

Several subdivisions were being developed in the early 1890s and some of the homes included those of Seymour Estates, S.F. Hollsen's 1st Addition to Rogers Park and the Carlson and Holmes Subdivision, Bierdemann Subdivision, Frederick T. Morris Subdivision, and the Barteleme Subdivision and Long Subdivision.

A small section of land east of Sheridan from Devon Avenue to Pratt Avenue was known as Hayes Point. In 1906, a portion of this land would become the site of Loyola University and the original St. Ignatius Church.

During the 1920s, the entire neighborhood experienced a major building boom. Many large brick apartments were constructed, as were additional single-family homes, apartment-hotels, grocery and drug stores, restaurants, and numerous other types of businesses. The Granada Theater and many exclusive shops along Sheridan Road would bring pleasure to area residents. It was also the beginning of a significant population growth as thousands of newcomers moved to the area. It was a mixed neighborhood of Catholics and Jews, as well as other Christian faiths.