Worker's Cottage

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Worker's Cottage

This is a common, "vernacular" residential style that was built in working-class Chicago neighborhoods in the years following the Chicago Fire of 1871. Examples can be found in the community areas of Lincoln Park, the Lower West Side, and West Town.

Common characteristics are:

one-and-a-half stories, set atop a raised basement

rectangular floor plan

ornament restricted to around windows and beneath the roof line (cornice)

front-facing gable roof

Chicago Landmarks Historic Resources Survey

Damen Avenue

6518 N. Damen Avenue

Hamilton Avenue

7257 N. Hamilton Avenue

7300 N. Hamilton Avenue

Ridge Boulevard

6800 N. Ridge Boulevard