626 West Arlington Place
CHICAGO, IL 60614

Single Family Detached

Description

This grand 1880s Victorian-style single-family home sits on a 50 x 170-foot lot in Chicago's East Lincoln Park. Classic features include a handsome red brick faade, covered porch and slate roof. A professionally landscaped garden wraps around the home. There is a one-car garage and a parking pad for 2-3 more cars.Featured in Metropolitan Home, the home's interior was gutted in 1998, then transformed by architect John Vinci into a bright, open residence designed for modern living. The interior was reconfigured using steel structural support and new plumbing, electrical, HVAC systems and finishes. The home offers 4 levels of generously proportioned living space.The home's exterior was also restored. Highlights include chemically stripping and tuck pointing the outside brickwork, rebuilt chimneys, new porch railings, new energy efficient windows with limestone interior sills, and new slate roofs.You enter the home via the original marble foyer with adjoining powder room. The living room has a double parlor design allowing for multiple seating groups and a large piano, perfect for entertaining. The dining room is framed in custom bookcases, doubling as a library. The eat-in kitchen includes Roy McMakin cabinets, Avonite and solid cherry countertops, ceramic tile backsplash, and double Miele ovens and a 6-burner Garland range with integrated grill. The kitchen opens out to a large deck that looks out over the garden.There are 3 bedrooms and a den on the second level. The master suite encompasses the front of the home, including a bedroom with a wall of closets, a sitting room and a spacious bath with clawfoot tub, Duravit pedestal sinks, Dornbracht shower system and Porcher toilet. The second and third bedrooms share a hall bath. There is also a study outside the second and third bedrooms and a laundry room with Bosch washer and dryer.The bright top level includes a recreation room, a bedroom, a full bath, an art studio, storage, and mechanical equipment with B

Highlights

	IntFeatures: Bedrm1:13X14,Bedrm2:09X14,Bedrm3:09X14
	School District: 299
	Year Built: 1880

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