Edgewater Bike Tour part 5
5430 - 5432 N Winthrop
A unique building for the area and for John Cochran specifically. Built in 1892, this represents amongst the first of any type of combined housing by Cochran, who exclusively sold lots or built speculative single family homes. The center bay is split between the two homes.
5428 N Winthrop
1904
5422 N Winthrop
1896
Steep Theatre Company
1115 W Berwyn
This independent theater company specializes in ensemble plays about the average person.
5249 N Kenmore
1890s, Douglas S. Pentecost
Epworth Methodist Church and Community House
5253 N Kenmore
The church was originally formed in 1889 as the Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church and the main section of the church was built in 1891 and designed by architect Frederick B. Townsend. There was a 1930 addition and renovation done by Thielbar and Fugard. The massive boulders used in the exterior walls came from Wisconsin and were floated down to Edgewater on Lake Michigan. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 10, 2008.
5311-5329 N Kenmore
Lakewood –Balmoral District
Lakewood, Magnolia and Wayne, or from Broadway to Glenwood and from Foster to Bryn Mawr, immediately east of Andersonville. The area was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district on February 22, 1999.
In 1890, John Lewis Cochran added to his developments by purchasing a new swath of land from present day Broadway to Glenwood and from Foster to Bryn Mawr which would become Cochran’s Third Development. Today it is called Lakewood-Balmoral and sits directly east of Andersonville. This development was designed to offer smaller lots and properties that could both house a family, as well as provide rental income. While the strategy eventually paid off, development was slow at first as the area struggled without more transportation options. Cochran eventually formed the Northwestern Elevated Railway Company and added a streetcar along present day Broadway to help connect his developments to the city. He aided his efforts through advertising and producing booklets to describe the homes being built or able to be built in the area, and over time the development became more and more populated, transforming from undeveloped land and farmland, to a dense residential neighborhood.
St. Ita’s Church
5500 N Broadway/1220 W Catalpa
Built in 1927 and designed by Henry J. Schlacks the French Gothic St. Ita’s Church is made from Bedford Indiana limestone and stands a full 95 feet tall. The congregation was formed in 1900 and for some time, met at The Guild Hall.
5534 N Magnolia
5520 N Magnolia
5516 N Magnolia
5510 N Magnolia
5506 N Magnolia
5444 N Magnolia
Built in 1898, for John Cochran’s third development by builders Carlsen and Nelson in a Queen Anne style.
P.S. Magee House
5440 N Magnolia
1901,William Strippelman
5439 N Magnolia
5425 N Magnolia
1890s
5422 N Magnolia
5402 N Magnolia
Unity Lutheran Church
5401 W Magnolia
Unity Lutheran Church began in 1905 and was originally housed in a storefront on Argyle Street. The following year, they built a small chapel at the corner of Balmoral and Magnolia designed by Norwegian immigrant and congregation member, Ivar Viehe-Naess who also designed the neo-Gothic Sanctuary in 1916. Viehe-Naess was a graduate of the Chicago School of Architecture and worked for Daniel Burnham from 1900 to 1912. Viehe-Naess also oversaw the remodeling of the church many years later in 1940. The Sanctuary’s builder was Robert Christiansen who was also a member of Unity’s Congregation.
Arthur Deppman House
5356 N Magnolia
Built in 1904 and designed by George W. Maher.
5351-5353 N Magnolia
H. Mark Flat
5344 N Magnolia
1913, Henry L. Newhouse
5331 N Magnolia
5322 N Magnolia
5311 N Magnolia
5310-5312 N Magnolia
5247 N Magnolia
1899, Harvey L. Page and Co., Classical
5214 N Lakewood
1898
5218 N Lakewood
1899, Neils Buck, Queen Anne
Herman C. Lammers House
5222 N Lakewood
Julius Huber was one of a dozen architects that John Cochran hired to build houses on speculation in Lakewood-Balmoral. Like John Pridmore, Huber was also an Edgewater resident, and did a great deal of his work in Edgewater. This one was originally built in 1898 but the building first received an addition in 1901 and later underwent a 1911 remodeling by Hatzfeld and Knox leaving it looking closer to how it does now. It was originally done in a simple Queen Anne style. The Edgewater Historical Society refers to the original owner as Gustav Lammers.
5223 N Lakewood
1899, Neils Buck, Queen Anne
5226 N Lakewood
North Shore Baptist Church
5244 N Lakewood
Formed in 1905, the North Shore Baptist Church build its first new church at Lakewood and Berwyn in 1921. The building at 5244 housed the sanctuary and offices. The home at 5240 N Lakewood was purchased as an annex and named for Pauline Kraft, the wife of J.L. Kraft, the founder of Kraft foods. The remaining portions of the church were built in the fifties.
5313 N Lakewood
It is unknown which of Cochran’s many architects designed this spec house, but it was completed in 1903.
5319 N Lakewood
1900s, Carl M. Almquist
5332 N Lakewood
1894, Julius Huber
5333 - 5335 N Lakewood
1898, built by A. Collander for John Cochran.
5343 N Lakewood
1895, Queen Anne home that won the Chicago Painted Ladies Award and has been featured in Better Homes and Gardens. Built for Cochran, it is speculated that it may be the design work of George Maher who worked on a number of Cochran’s developments after he parted ways with Joseph Lyman Silsbee, his earlier principal architect.
5344 N Lakewood
1894, Julius Huber, Queen Anne
Angelica Holzaffel House
5347 N Lakewood
1910 Craftsman home designed by Leon E. Stanhope.
5348 N Lakewood
5352 N Lakewood
1893, Queen Anne
5353 N Lakewood
5356 N Lakewood
5400 N Lakewood
5410 N Lakewood
5418 N Lakewood
5422 N Lakewood
An 1898 or 1899 home in John Cochran’s third development in a Stick Victorian style.
5423 N Lakewood
In 1899, John Cochran used drawings of this Queen Anne house in a booklet he published called “A Home by the Lake” to help sell the homes and lots in his third development, present day Lakewood-Balmoral.
5426 N Lakewood
1893, Queen Anne
5434 N Lakewood
V.C. Hauser House
5435 N Lakewood
1907, A. Hanson – contractor, American Foursquare
5438 N Lakewood
5439 N Lakewood
1904, Boostrom R. Olson – builder, Arts and Crafts style meets Dutch Colonial. Done for Cochran’s third development and one of three on this street using this plan, the others at 5313 and 5413.
5447 N Lakewood
5452 N Lakewood
Patrick H. McNulty House
5453 N Lakewood
The front presents almost like Colonial Revival meets American Foursquare about five years early in a 1898 Holabird and Roche designed home for Cochran.
1252 W Catalpa
5531 N Wayne
5526 N Wayne
In 1899 Cochran contracted the architectural team of Murphy and Camp to build what was one of the earliest homes on the street. Using pink granite for the foundation and a unique curved third-story dormer, the home is unique from top to bottom.
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