Workers’ cottage repairs in Chicago
A small frame house with its gable to the street, on a tall brick base. Among the oldest houses in the city.
- Built
- 1870 to 1895
- Walls
- Wood frame on a raised brick base
- Roof
- Steep gable, shingled
- Flats
- One, sometimes two
- Porch
- Front stair in wood
- Heat
- Furnace
RoofPorchHeatingWindowsMasonry A typical Chicago workers’ cottage, front elevation