The Field Guide to Chicago Buildings was developed as a collaborative effort between the City Design Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Chicago Teachers' Center of Northeastern Illinios University with funding from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the United States Department of Education.









It is often possible to determine a great deal about the history of a place just by looking carefully and thinking carefully about what you see.

Question # 1:


When were the house in this neighborhood built and who has lived here over the years?

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photo by MacLean
Northwest Side, CHicago
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