The Neoclassical greystone board up at Spaulding and Ogden was built in 1906.

Someone walking past a 1896 building sharing elements of Art Nouveau and Edwardian on Milwaukee near Thomas in Noble Square. The building is part of the Society for the Arts.

1890s Victorian-era house at 4030 King Drive.

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Near the corner of 36th and Western in Brighton Park is a boarded up Italianate mansion, known as the DuPont-Whitehouse house. Financing and motivation to build the house came from DuPont de Nemours & Company, an explosives company dating to the early 1800s.

The house’s stark symmetry, boarded up windows, and tall stature command attention. The home also represents one of the largest turning points in prosperity for the Brighton Park neighborhood.

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