Lion House – Lincoln Park Zoo

Landmark Context

Lion House – Lincoln Park Zoo is held in public view at 2132 N Stockton Dr by the city's landmark record. Even in summary form, the record keeps together a construction date of 1912 and credits Perkins, Fellows & Hamilton. It was designated on November 30, 2005. Lion House – Lincoln Park Zoo turns into a workable research subject once domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change are kept in view together.

Lion House – Lincoln Park Zoo becomes materially clearer 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

Lion House – Lincoln Park Zoo 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 materials are usually what turn site observation into a more convincing historical record.

Lion House – Lincoln Park Zoo still needs deeper source work, but the landmark record already keeps that work tied to one place.