Wandering Quill

  • A 130-Year-Old Bronzeville Mansion Hits the Market

    A 130-Year-Old Bronzeville Mansion Hits the Market

    A grand 1890 Bronzeville mansion is on the market for $1.2 million, but this house comes with more than fireplaces and a ballroom. Built for grain dealer Adolph Lichtstern, later transformed into Dailey Hospital and Sanitarium, the South Michigan Avenue property carries 130 years of layered Chicago history.

VIEW ALL


Historical Chicago

  • At the Forks of the River

    At the Forks of the River

    Before Chicago became a city of iron, smoke, and ambition, it was a rough settlement gathering itself at Wolf Point. Along the branches of the river, men like Archibald Clybourn and Samuel Miller helped shape a place still half-wild, half-formed, and already learning the habits that would define its future.