Lorraine Hansberry House

Landmark Context

Lorraine Hansberry House enters Chicago's public landmark record at 6140 S. Rhodes Avenue. City records connect the site to a construction date of 1909 and credits Albert G. Ferree. It was designated on February 10, 2010. Lorraine Hansberry House keeps domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change grounded in a real building even when the public record is brief.

Lorraine Hansberry House reveals more once fieldwork compares 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

Lorraine Hansberry House opens next 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.

Lorraine Hansberry House gives later fieldwork and archives a stable site to keep circling back to.