Proposed City of Chicago Landmark District for Northeast Edgewater

• Boundaries: Devon, Sheridan, Hollywood and Winthrop
   
• Number of Contributing Single Family Homes: 15
   
• Details:
   
  • 8 on Sheridan Road, 4 on Winthrop, 3 on Kenmore
     
  • 5 institutionally-owned, 10-privately owned
     
  • 3 built by John Lewis Cochran (Edgewater’s founder) for resale
     
  • 1 already a City Landmark; 9 rated “orange” by City as a potential Landmark
     
  • 11 brick, 1 stucco, 3 frame
     
  • Year permits issued for: 1893, 1895, 1902 (2), 1904, 1906 (4), 1909 (4), 1910, 1917
     
• Addresses of 15 homes suggested by the Landmarks staff:
   
  • Kenmore: 5733, 6018, 6106
     
  • Sheridan: 5852, 5940, 5948, 6200, 6205, 6219, 6331, 956(W)
     
  • Winthrop: 5812, 5822, 6032, 6233

The Edgewater Historical Society has proposed that 3 additional homes be added to the list suggested by the staff of the Landmarks Commission: 2 on Kenmore, 1 on Sheridan; 1 individually owned, 2 institutionally owned; 1 frame, 2 brick. Addresses: 6023 & 6027 Kenmore and 6330 Sheridan.

EHS, version #3, 4-6-2008