Brewster Apartments

The Brewster Apartments (originally known as Lincoln Park Palace) is a residential building in the Lake View neighborhood of Chicago.

Brewster Apartments
General information
StatusComplete
TypeResidential building
Location2800 N Pine Grove Ave
Chicago, Illinois 60614
Construction started1893 (1893)
Completed1896 (1896)
Technical details
Floor count8
Lifts/elevators2
Design and construction
ArchitectEnock Hill Turnock
DeveloperBjoerne Edwards
DesignatedOctober 6, 1982

Located at Diversey and Park (today’s 2800 North Pine Grove Avenue), it was designed by architect Enock Hill Turnock for Norwegian-native Bjoerne Edwards, publisher of American Contractor, with construction started in 1893 and completed in 1896. Edwards would die from an eighth-floor fall at the construction site before the project was completed.

The building was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 6, 1982.[1]

Architecture
A sign at the building’s entrance

The building features a pink Jasper granite exterior and employs skeleton-frame construction, which enabled the advent of skyscrapers at the end of the 19th century. Within the external masonry walls is an interior featuring open cast iron stairways, bridge walkways paved with glass blocks, and a massive skylight.[1]

The Brewster Apartments has served as a set location for the movies Running Scared, Child's Play and Hoodlum.

Notable residents

Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld lived in the building in 1897 after leaving the governorship.[2]

Charlie Chaplin lived in the building in 1915–16 while employed by Chicago’s Essanay Studios.[3] He would later move to the studio’s Niles, CA location. The penthouse owners have sworn by this tale of early film history.[4][5]

See also

References
  1. "Brewster Apartments". Chicago Landmarks. City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2003. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009. Retrieved October 4, 2009.
  2. "John Peter Altgeld". Chicago Tribute Markers of Distinction. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. Achilles, Rolf (2013). The Chicago School of Architecture: Building the Modern City, 1880–1910. Shire Publications. p. 52. ISBN 9780747812395.
  4. Chronicles of Old Chicago: Exploring the History and Lore of the Windy City (Paperback – July 1, 2014) by Adam Selzer
  5. The Moving Picture World newspaper, page 8, Jan. 2, 1915 (full-page announcing "Essanay announces it has secured Charles Chaplin")

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