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built 1854 and with current city data crediting Add. c. 1868-75 Unknown, Designated as a Chicago landmark on July 31, 1990. it becomes easier to follow domestic design, residential development, and later change at John Wingert House.
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John Wingert House 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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John Wingert House is publicly anchored at 6231 N Canfield Av by the landmark designation record. The current city data lists it as dating to a construction date of 1854 and credits Add. c. 1868-75 Unknown. It was designated on July 31, 1990. John Wingert House can be read through domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change without losing sight of the actual site.
John Wingert House starts to make more sense when researchers track lot width, setbacks, porches, bays, and rooflines, the rhythm between neighboring houses, and alterations that show changing domestic use. The point is not just to admire the building but to understand how one domestic building can still clarify the growth of an entire residential block.
John Wingert House 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. Those records make it easier to test what changed, what remained, and how the building fit into a larger local story.
John Wingert House can hold the first facts in place while the larger history catches up.
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Chicago's public landmark data records John Wingert House as built in 1854.
Designation
City of Chicago designated John Wingert House as an individual landmark on July 31, 1990.
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John Wingert House remains listed in Chicago's public individual-landmark address list and open-data record.
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