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  • Beaux-Arts Terrace in Sheraden

    3118–3112 Bergman Street

    Thomas Scott designed this terrace of four houses, built in 1912,1 and they are kept in remarkably fine shape. The updates have been handled with taste and an understanding of the original style, so that today there is hardly a finer Beaux-Arts terrace of cheap little rowhouses in the city. We have talked before about the challenge of making inexpensive housing seem attractive; it was a challenge that Scott met and conquered.

    3116 and 3114
    Front door

    The doors of the two end units are framed in scrupulously proper Doric fashion.

    Sawed-off Moravian arch

    The two inner units have these unique sawed-off arches over their front doors.

    3118–3112
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    1. Source: The Construction Record, December 2, 1911: “Architect T. M. Scott, Machesney building, has completed plans for four 2-story brick residences, to be erected on Bergman street, Sheraden, for W. McCausland, 3022 Zephyr avenue, Sheridan. Cost $15,000.” McCausland still owned them in 1923, according to plat maps. ↩︎
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  • Renaissance Palace in Sheraden

    3045 Bergman Street

    This dignified Renaissance mansion was built earlier than the rest of the houses on its street, probably in about 1900, when it would have been just about the finest house in the up-and-coming borough of Sheraden. It has been turned into apartments, but the exterior details are well maintained.

    Front elevation of the house
    front porch and entrance

    The architect had fun drawing this front entrance, and we praise the current owners for keeping it in good shape.

    Front door
    3045 Bergman Street
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  • Fairy-Tale Cottage in Sheraden

    3038 Bergman Street

    This pretty and whimsical house would be right at home in Mission Hills or Beverly Heights, but here it is on a pleasant back street in Sheraden. The original windows add much to its appeal—God, as Mr. Mies said, is in the details. The porch is a classic of the Fairy-Tale Style.

    Porch
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