(Former) Schlitz BreweryTied House at 2159 W. Belmont

Landmark Context

(Former) Schlitz BreweryTied House at 2159 W. Belmont comes into public view at 2159 W. Belmont Ave in the Chicago landmark record. The designation record holds onto a construction date of 1903-1904 and credits Charles Thisslew. It was designated on July 6, 2011. (Former) Schlitz BreweryTied House at 2159 W. Belmont becomes more than a passing image once those facts are held together with domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change.

At (Former) Schlitz BreweryTied House at 2159 W. Belmont, 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 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.

Research Starting Points

(Former) Schlitz BreweryTied House at 2159 W. Belmont becomes a stronger research subject once the record expands into 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 BreweryTied House at 2159 W. Belmont is already usable now without pretending the historical work is finished.