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Architecture Open House Offers Free Look into 15 Cool Far North Buildings

By Linze Rice | October 16, 2015 8:18am
 A tour of some of the city's most architecturally significant places will be open and available to the public for free this weekend.
A tour of some of the city's most architecturally significant places will be open and available to the public for free this weekend.
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ROGERS PARK — For the fifth year in a row, the Chicago Architecture Foundation's Open House event invites the public to get an up-close look into more than 200 historical and little-known sites in the city.

This year, a whopping fifteen of them are sprawled out across Edgewater, Rogers Park and West Ridge, including the famed Emil Bach House, Edgewater Beach Apartments, Broadway Bank building and more.

The tours are free and generally take place 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, however some of the tours require advance registration (though none in Rogers Park or West Ridge).

Check out the list of destinations below.

Edgewater

• Berger Park Cultural Center (Downey House)

6205 N. Sheridan Road

Sat, Oct 17: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun, Oct 18: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Berger Park North Mansion (Gunder House)

6219 N. Sheridan Road

Sat, Oct 17: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun, Oct 18: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Edgewater Beach Apartments

5555 N. Sheridan Road

Sat, Oct 17: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun, Oct 18: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Episcopal Church of the Atonement

5751 N. Kenmore Ave.

Sat, Oct 17: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun, Oct 18: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

• Riviera Motor Sales Company Building (Broadway Bank)

5960 North Broadway

Sat, Oct 17: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun, Oct 18: Closed

• Sacred Heart Schools, Driehaus Center (Conway House)

6200 N. Sheridan Road

Sat, Oct 17: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sun, Oct 18: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• St. Ita Roman Catholic Church

5500 North Broadway

Sat, Oct 17: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun, Oct 18: Closed

 

Rogers Park

• Emil Bach House

7415 N. Sheridan Road

Sat, Oct 17: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Sun, Oct 18: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• International Society for Krishna Consciousness

1716 W. Lunt Ave.

Sat, Oct 17: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Sun, Oct 18: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• St. Jerome Roman Catholic Church

1709 W. Lunt Ave.

Sat, Oct 17: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Sun, Oct 18: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

West Ridge

• Indian Boundary Park Cultural Center

2500 W. Lunt Ave.

Sat, Oct 17: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m  Sun, Oct 18: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Blessed Stepinac Croatian Catholic Mission (St. Henry)

6346 N. Ridge Ave.

Sat, Oct 17: 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.  Sun, Oct 18: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Casa Bonita

7340 N. Ridge Blvd.

Sat, Oct 17: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Sun, Oct 18: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Park Castle Condominiums

2416-2458 W. Greenleaf Ave.

Sat, Oct 17: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Sun, Oct 18: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Park Gables Apartments

2460 W. Estes Ave.

Sat, Oct 17: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Sun, Oct 18: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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