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Eugenie Lane Apartments

built 1962 and with current city data crediting Ben Weese, Designated as a Chicago landmark on October 16, 2023. the public record begins with concrete facts and can move outward into domestic design and residential development.

Eugenie Lane Apartments 235 W. Eugenie Street, Chicago, Illinois Precision: Exact

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Quick Take

  • Official status: Chicago individual landmark.
  • Address: 235 W. Eugenie Street.
  • Built: 1962.
  • Architect: Ben Weese.

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Why It Matters

Eugenie Lane Apartments keeps domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change grounded in one address and one building.

That public anchor is what allows later work on ownership, alteration, neighborhood setting, and interpretation to build outward in a disciplined way.

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Research Narrative

Landmark Context

Eugenie Lane Apartments is tied to 235 W. Eugenie Street in the city's landmark file. The designation record holds onto a construction date of 1962 and credits Ben Weese. It was designated on October 16, 2023. Eugenie Lane Apartments turns into a workable research subject once domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change are kept in view together.

At Eugenie Lane Apartments, the most useful field notes usually begin with lot width, setbacks, porches, bays, and rooflines, then move outward to the rhythm between neighboring houses and alterations that show changing domestic use. That kind of reading often reveals how one domestic building can still clarify the growth of an entire residential block.

Research Starting Points

Eugenie Lane Apartments can be checked against real-estate atlases and fire insurance maps, permit files and census or directory material, and historic photographs and neighborhood histories when the designation summary runs out. Those records help separate what the landmark file says from what the longer building history actually shows.

Eugenie Lane Apartments still needs deeper source work, but the landmark record already keeps that work tied to one place.

Public Actions

Campaign / Petition Record

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1962

Development

Construction period recorded in city landmark data

Chicago's public landmark data records Eugenie Lane Apartments as built in 1962.

October 16, 2023

Designation

Chicago individual landmark designation

City of Chicago designated Eugenie Lane Apartments as an individual landmark on October 16, 2023.

February 2026

Inventory

City landmark address list and data portal record

Eugenie Lane Apartments remains listed in Chicago's public individual-landmark address list and open-data record.

Sources

Source Trail

Chicago Landmark Name List 2025.6

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City of Chicago Open Data: Individual Landmarks

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Chicago Landmark Address List February 2026

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Place Snapshot

Place
Eugenie Lane Apartments
Location
235 W. Eugenie Street, Chicago, Illinois
Coverage
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Key Facts

Region
Chicago, Illinois / Midwest
Place type
Residential Complex
Current status
Preserved
Address
235 W. Eugenie Street
Built
1962
Architect
Ben Weese
Designated
October 16, 2023

Design / Planning Timeline

Ben Weese
1962

Milestone

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