On the Market: A Piece of Oz History
A Printers Row penthouse with an impressive vaulted skylight was home to an original publisher of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
A Printers Row penthouse with an impressive vaulted skylight was home to an original publisher of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Named for the locally sourced Bedford limestone that makes up their facades, they can be found all over the city, in a variety of forms—from condos in multi-unit buildings to a beautifully preseverved home in a Gold Coast development built by Potter Palmer near his lakefront castle.
Rankings based on 2020 residential sales in the six-county metro area
Rankings based on 2020 residential sales in the six-county metro area
You can own a piece of the suburbs’ rich history, like one of “tomorrow’s homes,” a beautifully preserved Victorian, or a “bootleg” Prairie Style house that’s (probably) by Frank Lloyd Wright’s draftsman.
Get an indoor pool in a swinging Brutalist house, a cabin with a horse barn by a forest preserve for under $500,000, or a midcentury modern woodland estate.
Take the A-frame… or the pomo house with a midcentury pedigree, or the Lake Bluff manse on an actual lake bluff and views to match.
From a modestly sized and priced no-HOA townhome to a supersized split-level designed by “the Blonde Builder of the Suburbs,” the simple style offers a lot of options.
From fake Frank Lloyd Wright, to a home within an Orland Park oasis, to a sprawling, sunny ranch with a horse barn, you can find a lot of green space by going south.