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Explore Madlener House, Elks Memorial On This Year's Open House Tour

By Mina Bloom | September 13, 2016 5:16am
 Completed in 1893, the Brewster Apartments, 2800 North Pine Grove Ave., is one of the buildings on Open House Chicago's tour. It's been home to famous names like Charlie Chaplin, Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld and Chicago gangster Dion O'Bannion.
Completed in 1893, the Brewster Apartments, 2800 North Pine Grove Ave., is one of the buildings on Open House Chicago's tour. It's been home to famous names like Charlie Chaplin, Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld and Chicago gangster Dion O'Bannion.
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LINCOLN PARK — Some of the neighborhood's most historically significant buildings will be on full display this October.

This year's installment of Open House Chicago is set for Oct. 15-16, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. for most sites. 

Open House Chicago is the Chicago Architecture Foundation's free tour of more than 200 historical and little-known sites in the city that are normally "invite-only."

Here's a list of sites in Lincoln Park and the surrounding area: 

► National Shrine of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, 2520 N. Lakeview Ave. 

Oct 15: 10 a.m. - 2 a.m. 

Oct. 16: 12 - 4 p.m.

► Brewster Apartments, 2800 N. Pine Grove Ave. 

Oct. 15: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Oct. 16: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

► Elks National Memorial, 2750 N. Lakeview Ave. 

Oct. 15: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Oct. 16: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

► Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, 2700 N. Pine Grove Ave. 

Oct. 15: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Oct. 16: 1 - 5 p.m.

► Birch Road Cellar & Social Club, address emailed to RSVP guests only

Oct. 15: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Oct. 16: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

► Graham Foundation (Madlener House), 4 W. Burton Place

Oct 15: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Oct. 16: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.

► Sedgwick Studio, 1544 N. Sedgwick St.

Oct. 15: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Oct. 16: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

► The Moody Church, 1630 N. Clark St.

Oct. 15: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Oct. 16: 1 - 5 p.m.

► Chicago Scenic Studios, 1315 N. North Branch St. 

Oct. 15: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Oct. 16: Closed

For more information, visit Open House Chicago's website.