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Fisher Studio Houses
built 1936 and with current city data crediting Andrew Rebori & Edgar Miller, Designated as a Chicago landmark on July 31, 1996. it becomes easier to follow domestic design, residential development, and later change at Fisher Studio Houses.
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Quick Take
- Official status: Chicago individual landmark.
- Address: 1209 N State Pkwy.
- Built: 1936.
- Architect: Andrew Rebori & Edgar Miller.
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Why It Matters
Fisher Studio Houses stabilizes domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change in one public landmark record.
That is what gives later archival and field work somewhere concrete to begin.
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Research Narrative
Landmark Context
Fisher Studio Houses is anchored to 1209 N State Pkwy before any deeper archive work begins. The current city data lists it as dating to a construction date of 1936 and credits Andrew Rebori & Edgar Miller. It was designated on July 31, 1996. Fisher Studio Houses already has a usable public frame for work on domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change.
Fisher Studio Houses gains definition in the field when attention concentrates on lot width, setbacks, porches, bays, and rooflines, the rhythm between neighboring houses, and alterations that show changing domestic use. Together, those clues make it easier to understand how one domestic building can still clarify the growth of an entire residential block.
Research Starting Points
Fisher Studio Houses 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 make it easier to test what changed, what remained, and how the building fit into a larger local story.
Fisher Studio Houses still needs permits, photographs, and comparison, but the landmark record gives that work a stable point of return.
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Campaign / Petition Record
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1936
Development
Construction period recorded in city landmark data
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Chicago's public landmark data records Fisher Studio Houses as built in 1936.
July 31, 1996
Designation
Chicago individual landmark designation
by Public record Previous
City of Chicago designated Fisher Studio Houses as an individual landmark on July 31, 1996.
February 2026
Inventory
City landmark address list and data portal record
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Fisher Studio Houses remains listed in Chicago's public individual-landmark address list and open-data record.
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City of Chicago Open Data: Individual Landmarks
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Place Snapshot
- Place
- Fisher Studio Houses
- Location
- 1209 N State Pkwy, Chicago, Illinois
- Coverage
- Exact
Key Facts
- Region
- Chicago, Illinois / Midwest
- Place type
- Residential Complex
- Current status
- Preserved
- Address
- 1209 N State Pkwy
- Built
- 1936
- Architect
- Andrew Rebori & Edgar Miller
- Designated
- July 31, 1996
Design / Planning Timeline
Andrew Rebori & Edgar Miller
1936
Milestone
Design architect or firm credited in current city landmark data
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