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Francis Dewes House (Chicago, Illinois)

USA / Illinois / Chicago / Chicago, Illinois / West Wrightwood Avenue, 503
 NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Second Empire (architecture)

Only way to describe this house – wow. Built 1896 for brewer Francis J. Dewes. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, designated a Chicago Landmark in 1974. The exterior is decorated with intricate carved stonework and ornamental cornices and lintels. The entrance to the mansion is flanked by caryatids supporting a balcony over the doorway.
And the interior is even more eye-popping.
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Coordinates:   41°55'49"N   87°38'29"W
This article was last modified 11 years ago