David Adler, Original Architect along with Henry Corwith Dangler (not pictured)
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Emily Ryerson, Original owner re-marrying Forsythe Sherfesse.
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Original Living Room
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Children's hospital beds in Mrs. Ryerson's living room during WWI.
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The History
The Lakeview Avenue Row House District is a seamless set of four row homes built between 1915 and 1917 overlooking the northern end of Lincoln Park. Architects Henry Corwith Dangler and David Adler designed the timeless homes as a row of city residences for a group of their close friends who were significant artists, architects, and designers in Chicago society. Each home is unique in detail, but together they reflect the quiet formality of London townhouses built during the late Georgian period of the 18th century. A retrospective article published in 1922 on the work of Dangler and Adler noted of the row houses that their “… spirit is distinctly Adam but there are directness and simplicity in the handling of composition and detail that produce a spontaneity of conception far removed from careful reproduction.”1 The houses on Lakeview Avenue are an excellent example of a unique variation in style and form of a row house in Chicago.
The architects are notable for the elegant country houses and city residences they designed for wealthy clients in Chicago, the North Shore, and across the country. Their designs deftly drew inspiration from historical architectural styles while refining their key elements for early 20th-century Chicago tastes.
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The architects are notable for the elegant country houses and city residences they designed for wealthy clients in Chicago, the North Shore, and across the country. Their designs deftly drew inspiration from historical architectural styles while refining their key elements for early 20th-century Chicago tastes.
For the full story please click the following link.
Information provided by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks