4431 North Paulina Street
Charles Thisslew designed this building at an estimated cost of $18,000 in 1908. He included a large number of highly unusual details:
Third-floor sills, extending into second–floor keystones. Art Nouveau cast concrete or stone inserts. Chambered pillars on the bays. Stained glass. Highly European in its subtle details.
4431 N Paulina. Credit: Cook County Assessor
HISTORICAL FEATURES
Thisslew emigrated to the U.S. in 1882 from Norway and lived on this site both before and after construction of these apartments. A house stood here before the apartments were built. Among other projects, Thisslew designed flats for Gustaf Murbach at 1644 N. Leavitt in 1896.
SOURCES
Recorder of Deeds Office; Permit #2651 on 4/23/1908. In addition, permit for presumed division of apartments into smaller units on 3/12/1953 (B97289: Plan 3062; File 449486; book 67; Page 458).
WALKING DIRECTIONS TO NEXT LOCATION
Continue the tour to the corner of North Paulina Street & West Sunnyside Avenue.
- The next building is the church across the street, about 400′ north from you.
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