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Albert G. Wheeler House

built 1909 and with current city data crediting William Carbys Zimmerman, Designated as a Chicago landmark on June 13, 2013. it becomes easier to follow domestic design, residential development, and later change at Albert G. Wheeler House.

Albert G. Wheeler House 970 West Sheridan Road, Chicago, Illinois Precision: Exact

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Quick Take

  • Official status: Chicago individual landmark.
  • Address: 970 West Sheridan Road.
  • Built: 1909.
  • Architect: William Carbys Zimmerman.

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Why It Matters

Albert G. Wheeler House keeps a real place attached to domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change.

Once that baseline is in place, the site can support deeper work on stewardship, alteration, public memory, and the larger corridor or block around it.

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Research Narrative

Landmark Context

Albert G. Wheeler House is located at 970 West Sheridan Road in the city's landmark record. The current city data lists it as dating to a construction date of 1909 and credits William Carbys Zimmerman. It was designated on June 13, 2013. Albert G. Wheeler House gives researchers a way to connect domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change to one actual site.

Albert G. Wheeler House starts to make more sense when researchers track lot width, setbacks, porches, bays, and rooflines, the rhythm between neighboring houses, and alterations that show changing domestic use. The point is not just to admire the building but to understand how one domestic building can still clarify the growth of an entire residential block.

Research Starting Points

Albert G. Wheeler House gains a fuller record through real-estate atlases and fire insurance maps, permit files and census or directory material, and historic photographs and neighborhood histories. That is usually how a short landmark record turns into a fuller account of use, alteration, and neighborhood setting.

Albert G. Wheeler House is already usable now without pretending the historical work is finished.

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Campaign / Petition Record

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1909

Development

Construction period recorded in city landmark data

Chicago's public landmark data records Albert G. Wheeler House as built in 1909.

June 13, 2013

Designation

Chicago individual landmark designation

City of Chicago designated Albert G. Wheeler House as an individual landmark on June 13, 2013.

February 2026

Inventory

City landmark address list and data portal record

Albert G. Wheeler House remains listed in Chicago's public individual-landmark address list and open-data record.

Sources

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Chicago Landmark Name List 2025.6

institution

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City of Chicago Open Data: Individual Landmarks

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Chicago Landmark Address List February 2026

institution

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Place Snapshot

Place
Albert G. Wheeler House
Location
970 West Sheridan Road, Chicago, Illinois
Coverage
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Key Facts

Region
Chicago, Illinois / Midwest
Place type
Residential Complex
Current status
Preserved
Address
970 West Sheridan Road
Built
1909
Architect
William Carbys Zimmerman
Designated
June 13, 2013

Design / Planning Timeline

William Carbys Zimmerman
1909

Milestone

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