06 Jan two 19th century west side chicago masonry houses faced with demolition

images of two troubled late 19th century chicago two-story brick houses located on the west side of chicago. the first appears doomed, and the other will be demolished in the coming weeks. amazingly, both buildings retain their well-maintained bracketed cornices comprised of sheet metal (zinc).
the one boarded up features uniquely carved bedford limestone keystones including figure above door. the building facing demolition has ornamental stock pattern brick (anderson pressed brick company) panels and a portion of the original cast and wrought metal exterior fence.

images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive.