Alta Vista Terrace District

Alta Vista Terrace Historic District
Location Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates 41°57′6.53″N 87°39′23.55″W / 41.9518139°N 87.6565417°W / 41.9518139; -87.6565417Coordinates: 41°57′6.53″N 87°39′23.55″W / 41.9518139°N 87.6565417°W / 41.9518139; -87.6565417
Built 1900
Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP Reference # 72000448 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP March 16, 1972
Designated CL September 15, 1971

The Alta Vista Terrace District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois. The district was built in 1904 in imitation of the rowhouse style of London.[2]

The development was the work of Samuel Gross, who was responsible for several other real estate developments in Chicago. He was inspired to build Alta Vista Terrace after a trip to Europe, in which he looked at the row houses of London. The street is one block long and contains 40 small, single-family rowhouses, each on a lot about 24 feet wide and 40 feet deep. There were 20 different exterior styles based on various adaptations of architectural styles. Some of the features included Doric and Ionic wood pilasters, Gothic arches, Palladian windows, stained and leaded-glass fanlights, bay and bow windows, and various decorative woodwork.[3]

Houses on the street were constructed to match with the house diagonally opposite on the street

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "CAF Tours: Alta Vista Terrace". Chicago Architecture Foundation. 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
  3. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Alta Vista Terrace" (PDF). 1972. Retrieved 2007-06-26.

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