Simply Appealing

 
[334 W. Menomonee Street (late 1870) Chicago, October 5, 2009 /Images & Artwork: designslinger]

I saw this building one day while walking through a Chicago neighborhood called the
Old Town Triangle.

 
[Menomonee Street facade /Image & Artwork: designslinger]

It is fairly non-descript, not heavily ornamented, but the simplicity of the building caught
my attention, which I found very appealing.

 
[Details /Images & Artwork: designslinger]

It was obvious that the building was now an apartment complex, but it looked like it had
originally been a school, or some sort of institutional structure. I had a hunch that given the common brick facade and the minimal Italianate detailing, that the building was probably built in the late 1870s or early 1880s, which after some research, turned out to be the case. But I was wrong in my assumption about the original purpose, because from all the records I could find, the building had always been residential flats.

Posted by designslinger at 11/12/2009 2:05 AM
Categories: Architecture,History,Preservation
Tags: Italianate architecture 334 W. Menomonee apartment buildings
 

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