A third of an acre once owned by famous Chicago architect, Daniel Burnham, is now up for sale, exactly 100 years after the 1909 Burnham Plan that preserved green space along Lake Michigan in Chicago.
There’s a three-bedroom ranch home on the property, known as Burnham’s Landing, that is being sold as is. The home is vacant and dated and needs plenty of work.
The value is in the land, which sits on a rise above street level and has panoramic views of Lake Michigan. The irregular-shaped land has 14,585 square-feet and is zoned R1-residential. The price tag-$2,500,000.
Daniel Burnham lived in Evanston from 1886 until his death in 1912. The Evanston History Center today opened an exhibit at the Charles Dawes House called “Daniel Burnham in Evanston.”
Today’s Closed Properties
4353 Brummel – Skokie – $297,000 (foreclosure)
3216 Hill – Wilmette – $375,000
Contract Pending – (list price=LP)
1011 Ridge Ct – Evanston – $419,000 LP
Based on information from Midwest Real Estate Data for the period May 8, 2009 through May 10, 2009. Listing and solds by various Participants of MRED
For more real estate information, please call me at 847-512-2724 or email me at TPareti@rubloff.com
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Hello.
I thought you might be interested in hearing about Tim Long’s photographs of Daniel Burnham’s iconic buildings in the Philippines. Check out my blogpost at http://artseenchicago.blogspot.com/2009/05/daniel-burnhams-enduring-vision-for.html. Please feel free to leave your comments on artseenchicago. If you’d like more information, please contact me at eburkedain@colum.edu. Thanks.
Thanks. Burnham was a worldy architect. The photos look great.