Historic Home
You need to see this 1928 Oak Lawn Heights Tudor today. It’s just about the cutest house I’ve seen in a month of Sundays. This little neighborhood has been gaining attention for some time now, and it’s with good cause. Although it’s considered the largest single-family neighborhood in Oak Lawn, it’s not very big. The neighborhood…
This Stevens Park Tudor Revival has always been a showplace. Built-in 1940 on a half-acre lot with an unimpeded view of Stevens Park Golf Course, it was over 3,000 square feet at the time. A bit of digging revealed it was the home of District Judge P. Oswin Chrisman for 18 years. When you find…
A couple of the best trees in Hollywood Heights are for sale. As a bonus, there’s a lovely house that goes with them. You may not think people would buy a home because of the trees, but a tree played a big part in my home-buying decision many years ago. After discovering Hollywood Heights in…
While that rounded front entry may have you doing a double take, this Ravinia Heights Ranch was not designed by Charles Dilbeck. However, it is definitely Dilbeck-inspired. That’s because it was the home of one of Dilbeck’s contractors, Ben Pyka. Pyka immigrated from Germany at 16, became an American citizen in 1943, and ran an…
This 1912 Munger Place Prairie busts all the myths about living in a historic home. So many people think it must be like living in a museum, or they think there will be enormous maintenance costs. Then there is an absurd misconception that you cannot touch the interior of these homes and the truly crazy…
