Iglehart House

Coordinates: 41°41′28″N 87°40′58″W / 41.6912°N 87.6827°W / 41.6912; -87.6827
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Charles Iglehart house
Italianate architecture
Completed1857

The Iglehart House is an

Chicago, Illinois
, United States, and one of the city's oldest surviving buildings.

Located at 11118 S. Artesian Avenue, the original portion of the house in the back was built in 1857 by an unknown architect for Charles D. Iglehart, whose farmstead comprised the land now bounded by 111th, 115th, and Rockwell streets and Western Avenue. Iglehart's daughter Mary, who was born in the house in 1857, is the first child whose birth is recorded in what would become the village of Morgan Park.

Chicago Landmark on July 13, 1994.[5]

References

  1. ^ Drury, John (1941). Old Chicago Houses. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 299.
  2. ^ "Church of the Mediator". The Chicago Inter-Ocean: 7. July 29, 1889.
  3. ^ Malone, Tara (December 31, 2007). "Church closes after 129 years". The Chicago Tribune: 2C1.
  4. ^ Drury, John (1941). Old Chicago Houses. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 300.
  5. ^ "Iglehart House". Chicago Landmarks. City of Chicago, Department of Zoning and Land Use Planning. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2010-09-17.