"The ownership and occupancy of the parts or parcels of land shall be restricted to the Caucasian race and no race or nationality other than for whom premises are intended shall use or occupy any dwelling on the premises except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by a domestic servant of a different race or nationality employed by owner or tenant." (Source: Plat #13525264, Platbook 353, Page 37. Approved: June 6, 1945. Recorded: June 6, 1945. Expired: January 1, 1980) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
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Demographic Information Note: all demographic information below is from tract-level US Census data. Mobile device users: click and hold each chart/graph to open a bigger image in a new tab. 1950 Data Education Employment Occupancy by Race Ownership Race Types of Housing 1960 Data Education Employment Occupancy by Race Ownership Race 1970 Data Education Employment Occupancy Race Types of Housing 1980 Data Education Employment Occupancy Race Types of Housing
"It is an express condition of this plat that the premises herein described shall not be conveyed or leased by the owners or any of the successors in title of the owners to any person who is not a Caucasian, that neither the premises hereon described nor any structure erected thereon shall be occupied by any person who is not a Caucasian and that in the event the premises herein described shall be conveyed or leased by the owner or any of the successors in title of the owners to any person who is not a Caucasian or in the event that said premises or any structure erected thereon shall be occupied at any time by any person who is not a Caucasian, all deeds and conveyances from the owner or any successor in the title to the owner shall forthwith become null and void and the property herein described shall forth with revert to the grantor provided however that such reversion shall be subjected to any then existing encumbrances." (Source: Plat #13525268, Platbook 353, Page 39. Approved: May 25, 1945. Recorded: June 8, 1945. Expired: January 1, 1980)
Weigel and Kilgallen's First Addition to Kedzie Ave. Gardens.
"It is an express condition of this conveyance that the grantor herein may at its option (which option shall be exercised by filing notices thereof in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois) declare this deed to be and become null and void and the property herein described shall be conveyed or leased in the grantee or any of the successors in title of the grantee to any person who is not a Caucasian or in the event the residential lots herein described or any improvements erected thereon shall be occupied by anyone who is not a Caucasian, except when such person be acting in the capacity of a servant for a proper resident. This condition shall not be effective or operative as against any mortgage or mortgages or trust deed or trust deeds in the nature of any mortgage made by any grantee or any successor or successors in title of the grantee or of any remote grantee except and until any person or persons pursuant thereto or the rights thereunder shall acquire and become vested with the title of ownership of any residential lot or lots herein conveyed in which event the said condition shall apply and be become effective." (Source: Plat #13526545, Platbook 353, Page 42. Approved: May 2, 1945. Recorded: June 11, 1945. Expired: January 1, 2018)
Town and Country Homes: Fourth Addition to Ivanhoe
"No persons of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use, occupy or own any building or lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or a tenant." (Source: Plat #13530647, Platbook 353, Page 50. Approved: June 8, 1945. Recorded: June 15, 1945. Expired: January 1, 1980)
Town and Country Homes: Third Addition to Ivanhoe
"No persons of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use, occupy or own any building or lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or a tenant." (Source: Plat #13436009, Platbook 352, Page 16. Approved: August 8, 1944. Recorded: January 24, 1945. Expired: January 1, 1980)
Town and Country Homes: Second Addition to Ivanhoe
No persons of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use, occupy or own any building or lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or a tenant. (Source: Plat #13339857, Platbook 351, Page 13. Approved: July 11, 1944. Recorded: August 16, 1944. Expired: January 1, 1980) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
Arlingdale being Harry J. Eckhardt's Subdivision
"The ownership and occupancy of the parts or parcels of land shall be restricted to the Caucasian race and no race or nationality other than for whom premises are intended shall use or occupy any dwelling on the premises except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by a domestic servant of a different race or nationality employed by owner or tenant." (Source: Plat #13343975, Platbook 351, Page 20. Approved: July 14, 1944. Recorded: August 23, 1944. Expired: January 1, 2018)
"No person of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with owner or tenant." (Source: Plat #13388820, Platbook 351, Page 33. Approved: September 9, 1944. Recorded: November 1, 1944. Expired: January 1, 1980)
Introductory image for First Presbyterian tour
From the Panotour 360° tour of First Presbyterian Church in Lake Forest, part of Ben Zeller's Sacred Chicago project
Clips from the 1952 radio drama of The Wonder Hat
Clips showing Jaime's drawings for different sections of The Wonder Hat.
"This property shall not be sold, given, leased, or conveyed to any person who is not Caucasian, and the occupancy of improvements on this property shall be limited (except domestic help) to a person or persons who are Caucasian." (Source: Plat #13395375, Platbook 351, Page 37. Approved: October 30, 1944. Recorded: November 13, 1944. Expired: January 1, 1980) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
Demographic Information Note: all demographic information below is from tract-level US Census data. Mobile device users: click and hold each chart/graph to open a bigger image in a new tab. 1950 Data Education Employment Occupancy by Race Ownership Race Types of Housing 1960 Data Education Employment Occupancy by Race Ownership Race Types of Housing 1970 Data Education Employment Occupancy Race Types of Housing 1980 Data Education Employment Occupancy Race Types of Housing
Wiegel and Kilgallen's 8th addition to Crawford Gardens
"It is an express condition of this conveyance that the grantor herein may at its option (which option shall be exercised by filing notice thereof in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois) declare this deed to be and become null and void and the property herein described shall be conveyed or leased by the grantee or any of the successors in title of the grantee to any person who is not a Caucasian or in the event the residential lots herein described or any improvements erected thereon shall be occupied by anyone who is not a Caucasian, except when such person be acting in the capacity of a servant for proper resident. This condition shall not be effective or operative as against any mortgage or mortgages or trust deed or trust deeds in the nature of a mortgage made by any grantee or any successor or successors in title of the grantee or of any remote grantee except and until any person or persons persuant thereto or the rights thereunder shall acquire and become vested with the title or ownership of any residential lot or lots herein conveyed in which event the said condition shall apply and be and become effective." (Source: Plat #13393596, Platbook 351, Page 41. Approved: November 6, 1944. Recorded: November 9, 1944. Expired: January 1, 1980) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
"The premises herein described shall not be said, conveyed or leased to, or occupied by, any person who is not a Caucasian (except servants of the owner or tenant) and in this event, that the premises hereindescribed shall be sold, conveyed, or leased to or occupied by any person who is not a Caucasian, this deed forthwith becomes null and void, and property herein conveyed shall forthwith revert to the grantor, except that said condition of reverter shall not affect the validity of any mortgage that may hereafter be placed on any part or parts thereof on the premises in the event of a breach thereof, it being the intention hereof of said condition of reverter shall be and remain in force and effect excepting that any reverter resulting because of a breach thereof shall be subject to the prior rights of any mortgage and the prior rights of any mortgage and the indebtness described in and secured thereby." (Source: Plat #13257394, Platbook 349, Page 24. Approved: March 22, 1944. Recorded: April 3, 1944. Expired: January 1, 1980) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
Smith and Dawson's Sixth Addition to Country Club Acres Prospect Heights, IL.
"No persons of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or part of this subdivision, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant." (Source: Plat #13261439, Platbook 349, Page 25. Approved: January 4, 1944. Recorded: April 10, 1944. Expired: January 1, 1980)
The Art Institute of Chicago-Historic Image
The exterior of the Art Institute of Chicago Building at 111 S. Michigan in 1890s to 1900s.
A Portrait of Bertha Honore Palmer (1849-1918). Palmer was serious patron of the arts and was invited to lecture at the Art Institute of Chicago. She also made a generous bequest to the Art Institute of Chicago and formed the core of the museum’s collection of French Impressionist works.
Lake Forest College Art History 485: Means and Methods of Art Historians taught by Miguel de Baca Wikimedia Commons
Fountain of the Great Lakes with a Flock of Pigeons
An image of Foundation of Great Lakes in the 1900s surrounded by a flock of pigeons. It is used as the "then" shot to compare the modern day landscape.
Used with Permission from the Chicago Daily News Negatives Collection of the Chicago History Museum.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago-Historic Image
Historic photograph of the Lake View Building in 1880s-1890s that housed the Art Institute under the stewardship of Charles L. Hutchinson until it moved to the modern day location on Michigan Avenue in 1893.
Black and White photograph of Georgia O'Keeffe as a young woman captured by photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
Ryerson & Burnham Libraries at the Art Institute of Chicago
School of the Art Institute of Chicago and African American Artists
Cover of the catalogue for Negro in Art Week hosted by the Chicago Art Institute and Chicago Woman's Club
The Institutional Archives at the Art Institute of Chicago
Exterior of Orchestra Hall (220 S. Michigan Ave.)-the location of the Cliff Dwellers Club. Various club members were associated and supported the Art Institute greatly.
A.C. McClurg & Co. Building designed by Holabird & Roche-Historic Image
An image of the Holabird & Roche designed McClurg Stationers and Booksellers Building at 215 S. Wabash Ave. It was the home of the Brush and Pencil Magazine from 1897-1907.
Chicago Academy of Design-Historic Image
A drawn image of the Crosbys' Opera House on Washington Street that held the meeting that spurred the creation of a school for the Fine Arts or Chicago Academy of Design and later the Art Institute of Chicago.
Lake Forest College Art History 485: Means and Methods of Art Historians taught by Miguel de Baca
The Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists at Marshall Field's & Co.-Historic Image
A street view of crowds of people attending the gathering of the Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists at Marshall Field's & Co.
The Record-Herald Building or Home of the Fine Arts Journal-Historic Image
The exterior of the Record-Herald Building, which housed the Fine Arts Journal magazine. The building itself is no longer extant, but it was located at 154 W. Washington Street.
Contemporary Image of "Monument With Standing Beast"
Sculpture titled "Monument With Standing Beast" by the artist Jean Dubuffet in 1984 and located in front of the James R. Thompson Center at 100 W. Randolph Street.
"It is an express condition of this path that the premises herein described shall not be conveyed or leased by the owners or any of the successors in title of the owners to any person who is not a Caucasian; that neither the premises herein described nor any improvements erected thereon shall be occupied by any person who is not a Caucasian; and that in the event on the premises herein described shall be conveyed or leased by the owners or any of the successors in title of the owners to any person who is not a Caucasian, or in the event that said premises or any improvements erected thereon shall be occupied by any time by a person who is not a Caucasian, all deeds or conveyances from the owner or any successor in title to the owner shall forthwith become null and void and the property herein described shall forthwith revert to the grantor, his heirs or assigns, provided however, that such reversion shall be subjected to any then existing legal mortgage or trust deed and the indebtedness secured thereby." (Source: Plat #13190043, Platbook 348, Page 13. Approved: December 6, 1943. Recorded: December 8, 1943. Expired: January 1, 1969)
"The premises herein described shall not be sold, conveyed or leased to, or occupied by, any person who is not a Caucasian (except servants of the owner or tenant) and in the event that the premises herein described shall be sold, conveyed or leased to, or occupied by any person who is not a Caucasian, this deed shall forthwith become null and void, and the property herein conveyed shall forthwith revert to the grantor, except that said condition of reverter shall not affect the validity of any mortgage that may hereafter be placed on any part or parts of the premises in the event of a breach thereof; it being the intention hereof of said condition of reverter shall be and remain in force and effect excepting that any reverter resulting because of a breach thereof shall be subjected to the prior rights of any mortgage and the indebtedness described in and secured thereby" (Source: Plat #13096508, Platbook 347, Pages 2,3. Approved: June 21, 1943. Recorded: June 23, 1943. Expired: January 1, 1980)
"No persons of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant" (Source: Plat #13125846, Platbook 347, Page 23. Approved: July 30, 1943. Recorded: August 17, 1943. Expired: January 1, 1980)