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Research your home shortcut

Cook County Assessor….(www.cookcountyassessor.com)

Cook County Treasurer Tax Portal (PIN lookup)

 

1909 Address Conversion Table (Edgewater only)

               1909 Address Conversion Table (All Chicago except downtown)

 

1898-1912 American Contractor Database

               Permit information for specific streets and neighbohoods (1898-1912)

 

Pre-1898 Permit Information Table, Except Kenmore (Edgewater only)

                Pre-1898 Permit Information Table, Kenmore only (Edgewater only)

Post 1912 Permit Information Table (1913-1919 plus) (Edgewater only)

 

On-line building permits, U of IL at Chicago

Guide to the use of above on-line building permits

Economist On-line:

Inland Architect On-line

 

Newberry Library….www.newberry.org

Chicago History Museum Building Resources

Chicago Public Library….www.chipublib.org

Chicago City Directories on line

Chicago Telephone Directories on line

Chicago street name changes (old to new, not complete)

Chicago street name changes (Chicago History Museum)

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Museum Exhibits

  • The Chicago Conspiracy Trial: One Juror's Ordeal
  • Edgewater Beach Hotel, 100 Years Later
  • The Edgewater Beach Hotel Collection
  • The Historic Districts of Edgewater (Bryn Mawr, Lakewood Balmoral and Andersonville)
  • A memory of the EHS Museum building when it once housed Engine Company #79

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