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| The Lincoln Park Palace -- 1910 |
November 25, 1900 – The Chicago Daily
Tribune reports that General Henry Strong has bought the Lincoln Park
Palace on the northwest corner of Diversey Boulevard and Pine Grove Avenue for $75,088.76. The Palace was completed in 1893 as a “high
class apartment building and hotel”. [Chicago Daily Tribune, November 25, 1900] The building reportedly cost $200,000 to
construct and the sale came about as a result of a suit General Strong filed
against Mrs. Mary Edwards, the wife of the developer, C. C. Edwards, who fell from
the top of the building as he was inspecting the progress of its construction. Mrs. Edwards supervised the completion of the
building, but it never saw anywhere close to a return on the money that was
invested in it, and she took up residence just to the west. If you happen to stop by Yak-Zies on
Diversey, you are in the former home of Mrs. Edwards, so order up a drink of
your choice and offer a toast to poor old Widow Edwards. She deserved better than she got. The Lincoln Park Palace still stands today as
an apartment building, The Brewster, with an unbelievable atrium that rises to
the full height of its eight stories. Glass
block walkways on each floor allow light to travel from the roof’s skylights to
the vestibule as they provide access to the apartments. For more information on the Brewster and its
fascinating history, please click here.
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