The Ridge Historical Society
Lost or Found? – Identify Buildings #3, 4, and 5
By Carol Flynn
“There was a time, not long past, when Morgan Park was only the tramping ground of the hunter, and little did its early settlers think it would ever be a component part of the young Giant, then beginning to loom up some thirteen miles to the North.
“But Time and Railroads work mighty changes in a very few years in this great Northwest.
“Commerce, Manufactures and Agriculture have made Chicago one of the great marts of the world.”
– Views of Morgan Park, 1889
This quote is from the introduction to a book of photographs of buildings in Morgan Park published in 1889.
Those photos form part of the current exhibit at the Ridge Historical Society (RHS), “Louise Barwick’s Lost Ridge,” which explores the Beverly/Morgan Park neighborhood as it existed in times past.
One section of the exhibit, produced by RHS Board member Tim Blackburn, includes historical images of buildings in Morgan Park. Some of these buildings still stand, although they might have been moved from their original locations or altered from their original looks, and some of these buildings have been demolished
Here are three images from that book of photos. Can you find these houses in Morgan Park – that is, if they are still standing?
The answers will be posted in a few days.