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built 1891 and with current city data crediting Dahlgren & Lievendahl - rear addit 1906 - unknown, Designated as a Chicago landmark on March 1, 2006. it becomes easier to follow domestic design, residential development, and later change at Dr. Wallace C. Abbott House.
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Dr. Wallace C. Abbott House gives domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change a durable public anchor.
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Dr. Wallace C. Abbott House is publicly anchored at 4605 N Hermitage Ave by the landmark designation record. The current city data lists it as dating to a construction date of 1891 and credits Dahlgren & Lievendahl – rear addit 1906 – unknown. It was designated on March 1, 2006. Dr. Wallace C. Abbott House can be read through domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change without losing sight of the actual site.
Dr. Wallace C. Abbott House is best read on the ground through lot width, setbacks, porches, bays, and rooflines, the rhythm between neighboring houses, and alterations that show changing domestic use. That is often where the longer record of the place starts to come into focus: how one domestic building can still clarify the growth of an entire residential block.
Dr. Wallace C. Abbott House usually reveals its next layer in real-estate atlases and fire insurance maps, permit files and census or directory material, and historic photographs and neighborhood histories. Those records make it easier to test what changed, what remained, and how the building fit into a larger local story.
Dr. Wallace C. Abbott House is already usable now without pretending the historical work is finished.
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Chicago's public landmark data records Dr. Wallace C. Abbott House as built in 1891.
Designation
City of Chicago designated Dr. Wallace C. Abbott House as an individual landmark on March 1, 2006.
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Dr. Wallace C. Abbott House remains listed in Chicago's public individual-landmark address list and open-data record.
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