Harriet F Rees House

Harriet F Rees House Harriet F. Rees House (1888) Built in 1888
Architects: Cobb & Frost

HISTORY OF THE HOUSE
Harriet F. Rucker in 1847. who had grown up at 1906 S. Prairie Avenue.

Rees was the widow of James Rees (1813-1880), a real estate pioneer who established the concept of abstracts of title when he formed a partnership with Edward R. Rees was 71 when she commissioned the Prairie Avenue house, and died in December 1892. The house was sold for $42,500 to Edson Keith Jr. Keith’s daughter Katherine married architect David Adler in 1915 and authored two novels. It was abou

t that time that the Keiths moved from Prairie Avenue and the house was converted to furnished rooms. In the early 1970s, it housed the Prairie House Café. The interior, however, has survived largely intact and features intricate wood mouldings and beautifully tiled fireplaces. Since 2001, the home has been extensively restored. Now isolated in its location, the Harriet Rees house was originally constructed in a row of houses. The workmanship of the façade, with its sensitively handled masonry and perfectly scaled ornament, rivals that of Richardson's Glessner house located a few hundred yards to the north. The three stories and an attic house is constructed of Bedford stone that has been completely smoothed, emphasizing the carved ornament of the façade and the beautiful masonry work of the entrance, set on a rusticated base. A great, simple arch with over-sized voussoirs shelters the entrance. To its south, a curved bay stands two stories and ends in a semicircular copper roof. A group of five arched windows light the third floor and a steep gable with a single arched window rises to a finial. A vigorous scroll of foliate carving divides the first from the second floor of the bay and is echoed in the third-floor capitals and in relief on the attic wall.

Thanks to everyone that stopped by the house today for "A Walk Through Time" We loved having everyone visit our new loca...
06/14/2015

Thanks to everyone that stopped by the house today for "A Walk Through Time" We loved having everyone visit our new location.

Happy New Year to everyone! We are setting nicely into our new spot on the block. Here's to another 100+ years.
01/10/2015

Happy New Year to everyone! We are setting nicely into our new spot on the block. Here's to another 100+ years.

Thanks to all of the hard working men & women that made this historic move a success. Simply Amazing!
11/15/2014

Thanks to all of the hard working men & women that made this historic move a success. Simply Amazing!

I just saw we made the front page of the Chicago Tribune today.
11/13/2014

I just saw we made the front page of the Chicago Tribune today.

11/12/2014

And that's a wrap! The Harriet F Rees has been moved to its new location.

Getting to know your new neighbors is just a matter of inches as the historic Harriet F Rees house backs in.
11/12/2014

Getting to know your new neighbors is just a matter of inches as the historic Harriet F Rees house backs in.

11/12/2014

Moving the historic Harriet F Rees house in Chicago.

This is how we parallel park a 762 ton historic house in Chicago! The move is going great.
11/12/2014

This is how we parallel park a 762 ton historic house in Chicago! The move is going great.

11/12/2014

Parallel parking the 762 Ton Harriet F Rees House Chicago Style!

11/12/2014

Backing the Historic 1888 House into its new spot. Someone asked me what movie we were filming this morning. Ha!

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2110 S Prairie Avenue
Chicago, IL
60616

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