Morton Salt Company Warehouse Complex

Landmark Context

Morton Salt Company Warehouse Complex is tied to 1305-1399 North Elston Ave;1201299 W Blackhawk St in the city's landmark file. City records connect the site to a construction date of 1930 and credits Graham, Anderson, Probst & White. It was designated on June 25, 2021. Morton Salt Company Warehouse Complex turns into a workable research subject once domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change are kept in view together.

Morton Salt Company Warehouse Complex is best read on the ground through lot width, setbacks, porches, bays, and rooflines, the rhythm between neighboring houses, and alterations that show changing domestic use. Seen that way, the landmark helps explain how one domestic building can still clarify the growth of an entire residential block.

Research Starting Points

Morton Salt Company Warehouse Complex gains a fuller record through real-estate atlases and fire insurance maps, permit files and census or directory material, and historic photographs and neighborhood histories. That source trail can connect landmark status to ownership, alteration, and the changing role of the site in its block or corridor.

Morton Salt Company Warehouse Complex gives later fieldwork and archives a stable site to keep circling back to.