06 May 1880s brick and limestone worker’s cottage located in west town reduced to rubble last week

an early to mid-1880s (research ongoing) multi-story brick worker’s cottage punctuated with lemont limestone window hoods with centrally located keystones and bracketed wood cornice was destroyed early last week. i managed to photodocument the facade shortly before it was brought down and trucked off to landfill. none of the exterior ornament was salvaged. 

images courtesy of bldg. 51 archive, chicago workers cottage association and eric j. nordstrom. all rights reserved. 2022.