The 2100 block of Sidney Street has some of the finest high-Victorian houses on the South Side, and several of them have unusual decorative details worth a closer examination. Old Pa Pitt took an evening stroll down Sidney Street the other day and, as always, came back with a few pictures. We’ll start with No. 2109. Note the multiple shapes of roof slates, the woodwork in the dormers, and the rusticated lintels in the picture above.
Since we have fifteen pictures, we’ll put the rest below the fold to avoid slowing down the main page for a week.
The broadened arch of the parlor window includes three blocks of carved stone ornament and a piece of good decorative glass.
The keystone of the arch.
This row in the 2100 block includes three very well-preserved Italianate houses that were clearly built together. And do not suppose that old Pa Pitt would miss the opportunity to point out those fine breezeways.
Several of the houses in the block have unusual terra-cotta details that must come from the same source.
