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Martin Schnitzius Cottage

Designated as a Chicago landmark on December 12, 2012. Martin Schnitzius Cottage works well as a public foothold for domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change.

Martin Schnitzius Cottage 1925North Fremont, Chicago, Illinois Precision: Exact

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Quick Take

  • Official status: Chicago individual landmark.
  • Address: 1925North Fremont.
  • Built: 1891.
  • Architect: Bettinghofer & Hermann.

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Why It Matters

Martin Schnitzius Cottage keeps a real place attached to domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change.

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

Martin Schnitzius Cottage is located at 1925North Fremont in the city's landmark record. The designation record holds onto a construction date of 1891 and credits Bettinghofer & Hermann. It was designated on December 12, 2012. Martin Schnitzius Cottage gives researchers a way to connect domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change to one actual site.

Martin Schnitzius Cottage reveals more once fieldwork compares lot width, setbacks, porches, bays, and rooflines, the rhythm between neighboring houses, and alterations that show changing domestic use. This is where the landmark shifts from designation to evidence about how one domestic building can still clarify the growth of an entire residential block.

Research Starting Points

Martin Schnitzius Cottage 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 help separate what the landmark file says from what the longer building history actually shows.

Martin Schnitzius Cottage can hold the first facts in place while the larger history catches up.

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Campaign / Petition Record

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1891

Development

Construction period recorded in city landmark data

Chicago's public landmark data records Martin Schnitzius Cottage as built in 1891.

December 12, 2012

Designation

Chicago individual landmark designation

City of Chicago designated Martin Schnitzius Cottage as an individual landmark on December 12, 2012.

February 2026

Inventory

City landmark address list and data portal record

Martin Schnitzius Cottage remains listed in Chicago's public individual-landmark address list and open-data record.

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Chicago Landmark Name List 2025.6

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City of Chicago Open Data: Individual Landmarks

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Chicago Landmark Address List February 2026

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Place Snapshot

Place
Martin Schnitzius Cottage
Location
1925North Fremont, Chicago, Illinois
Coverage
Exact

Key Facts

Region
Chicago, Illinois / Midwest
Place type
Residential Complex
Current status
Preserved
Address
1925North Fremont
Built
1891
Architect
Bettinghofer & Hermann
Designated
December 12, 2012

Design / Planning Timeline

Bettinghofer & Hermann
1891

Milestone

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