Historic Mansions Of Prairie Avenue

Chicago

The First Gold Coast. The Holiest of Holies of the Social Life of the City. The Sunny Street That Held the Sifted Few. The Prairie Avenue historic district has garnered many nicknames over the years, all relating back to a time just after the Great Fire of 1871—before the completion of Lake Shore Drive and the subdivision of North Astor Street—when the South Loop address attracted the city’s ultra-wealthy. Properties like the Clarke House, the city’s oldest surviving structure, and Glessner House, a masterwork whose threatened demolition in 1966 precipitated the creation of the Chicago Architecture Foundation, have helped to set the stage for historic preservation battles, and many successes, over the past 50 plus years. Since 1972, the district has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and became a designated Chicago Landmark in 1979. This excursion explores the many historic structures within the landmark district, which includes nine mansions, three row houses and the landmark, Gothic Revival Second Presbyterian Church, with an additional stop to take in the tranquil beauty of the Women’s Park and Gardens. As this is a residential neighborhood, please be respectful of people’s property and keep to the public right-of-way. I’m Ronnie Frey creator of the popular Instagram account @doorwaysofchicago. I welcome you to follow me there and all my other socials like TikTok, Facebook and YouTube with the same handle @doorwaysofchicago. I also give in person tours and private tours and those can all be found on my website doorwaysofchicago.com. If you would like to reach out my email address is ronnie@doorwaysofchicago.com and you can also join my email list using the form at the bottom of each page of the website. Additionally, I would love to invite you to visit my website: doorwaysofchicago.com for other tour offerings including live, in-person tours and private tour offerings. I also have all my eATLAS app tours listed with links to each one. Once there you can read my story and see my offerings of photography prints, greeting card collections, and even my curated interior design furnishing collections. I’m an interior designer by trade and during the pandemic, I started my Instagram account as well as these walking tours to be able to share more of my passions with you! I’m constantly on the search for wonderful architectural content to share with you as well as anything vintage, especially planes, trains, and automobiles…after all, they all have doors too! Thank you, and as I always like to say, “See you out on the trails!”
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60 minutes
$ 10.00 USD

Chicago

Hosted by Ronnie Frey @doorwaysofchicago

The First Gold Coast. The Holiest of Holies of the Social Life of the City. The Sunny Street That Held the Sifted Few. The Prairie Avenue historic district has garnered many nicknames over the years, all relating back to a time just after the Great Fire of 1871—before the completion of Lake Shore Drive and the subdivision of North Astor Street—when the South Loop address attracted the city’s ultra-wealthy. Properties like the Clarke House, the city’s oldest surviving structure, and Glessner House, a masterwork whose threatened demolition in 1966 precipitated the creation of the Chicago Architecture Foundation, have helped to set the stage for historic preservation battles, and many successes, over the past 50 plus years. Since 1972, the district has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and became a designated Chicago Landmark in 1979. This excursion explores the many historic structures within the landmark district, which includes nine mansions, three row houses and the landmark, Gothic Revival Second Presbyterian Church, with an additional stop to take in the tranquil beauty of the Women’s Park and Gardens. As this is a residential neighborhood, please be respectful of people’s property and keep to the public right-of-way. I’m Ronnie Frey creator of the popular Instagram account @doorwaysofchicago. I welcome you to follow me there and all my other socials like TikTok, Facebook and YouTube with the same handle @doorwaysofchicago. I also give in person tours and private tours and those can all be found on my website doorwaysofchicago.com. If you would like to reach out my email address is ronnie@doorwaysofchicago.com and you can also join my email list using the form at the bottom of each page of the website. Additionally, I would love to invite you to visit my website: doorwaysofchicago.com for other tour offerings including live, in-person tours and private tour offerings. I also have all my eATLAS app tours listed with links to each one. Once there you can read my story and see my offerings of photography prints, greeting card collections, and even my curated interior design furnishing collections. I’m an interior designer by trade and during the pandemic, I started my Instagram account as well as these walking tours to be able to share more of my passions with you! I’m constantly on the search for wonderful architectural content to share with you as well as anything vintage, especially planes, trains, and automobiles…after all, they all have doors too! Thank you, and as I always like to say, “See you out on the trails!”

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