John Morris/Chicago Patterns

Built for George E. Wood in 1885, and designed by architect John C. Cochrane, who also designed the Illinois State Capitol. Was owned by the same family from 1948 until 2011, when it was sold for $450,000.

At Wabash and Pershing, a house is covered by ivy sits next to a vacant greystone.

At King and 44th, some of the city’s finest Romanesque greystone row houses. Similarly styled, yet each is unique.

John Morris/Chicago Patterns

On the 4500 block of Vincennes in Bronzeville are two sets of twin greystones–one pair is more Classically styled and the other is more Romanesque. These homes are part of an enclave of city firefighters and police officers, and many that live in the neighborhood have been here for generations.

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