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(Former) Schlitz Brewery-Tied House (5120 N. Broadway)
The public record around (Former) Schlitz Brewery-Tied House (5120 N. Broadway) holds onto domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change instead of leaving them as disconnected observations.
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Quick Take
- Official status: Chicago individual landmark.
- Address: 5120 N. Broadway.
- Built: 1904.
- Architect: Charles Thisslew.
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Why It Matters
(Former) Schlitz Brewery-Tied House (5120 N. Broadway) keeps domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change grounded in one address and one building.
From there, the building can be read through design, use, later change, and neighborhood context instead of remaining a detached image or isolated fact.
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Research Narrative
Landmark Context
(Former) Schlitz Brewery-Tied House (5120 N. Broadway) is anchored to 5120 N. Broadway before any deeper archive work begins. City records connect the site to a construction date of 1904 and credits Charles Thisslew. It was designated on May 4, 2011. (Former) Schlitz Brewery-Tied House (5120 N. Broadway) keeps domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change grounded in a real building even when the public record is brief.
(Former) Schlitz Brewery-Tied House (5120 N. Broadway) 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. Read carefully, those details begin to explain how one domestic building can still clarify the growth of an entire residential block.
Research Starting Points
(Former) Schlitz Brewery-Tied House (5120 N. Broadway) can be carried further through real-estate atlases and fire insurance maps, permit files and census or directory material, and historic photographs and neighborhood histories. That source trail is often the best way to move from designation summary to a fuller building history.
(Former) Schlitz Brewery-Tied House (5120 N. Broadway) remains most useful when later evidence keeps returning to the site itself.
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1904
Development
Construction period recorded in city landmark data
by Public record Previous
Chicago's public landmark data records (Former) Schlitz Brewery-Tied House (5120 N. Broadway) as built in 1904.
May 4, 2011
Designation
Chicago individual landmark designation
by Public record Previous
City of Chicago designated (Former) Schlitz Brewery-Tied House (5120 N. Broadway) as an individual landmark on May 4, 2011.
February 2026
Inventory
City landmark address list and data portal record
by Public record Current
(Former) Schlitz Brewery-Tied House (5120 N. Broadway) remains listed in Chicago's public individual-landmark address list and open-data record.
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Sources
Source Trail
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
- (Former) Schlitz Brewery-Tied House (5120 N. Broadway)
- Location
- 5120 N. Broadway, Chicago, Illinois
- Coverage
- Exact
Key Facts
- Region
- Chicago, Illinois / Midwest
- Place type
- Industrial Site
- Current status
- Preserved
- Address
- 5120 N. Broadway
- Built
- 1904
- Architect
- Charles Thisslew
- Designated
- May 4, 2011
Design / Planning Timeline
Charles Thisslew
1904
Milestone
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