Francis J. Dewes House
- Architect
- Adolph Cudell & Arthur Hercz
- Year
- 1896
- Style
- Second Empire
- City
- Chicago, IL
The Francis J. Dewes House at 503 West Wrightwood Avenue was built in 1896 by Adolph Cudell and Arthur Hercz for brewer Francis J. Dewes. The three-story mansion was designed in a Second Empire idiom, its exterior worked up in a Central European Baroque Revival vocabulary.
the building
Two Dewes brothers, two landmarks. The home of Dewes's brother August stands next door and was separately designated a Chicago Landmark in 2005; a pair of landmark plaques for both houses sits on a shared pedestal in front of the Francis J. Dewes House.
Renslow and Orejudos's studio. Later owners Chuck Renslow and Dom Orejudos lived in the house, with Orejudos keeping his art studio on the third floor. Mayor Richard J. Daley invited Renslow to the 1974 ceremony celebrating the building's landmark designation.
the style
The house is built in a Second Empire idiom, its exterior worked up in a Central European Baroque Revival vocabulary suited to the taste of brewer Francis J. Dewes; the interior includes a three-story Baroque-style space with two caryatids.
More on Second Empiresignificance
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Chicago Landmark on June 12, 1974. It went up for sale in 2011 asking $9.9 million, and again in 2013 for $12.5 million under owner Fred Latsko, but never sold; it is now held by Structure Management Midwest.
nearby
- Elks National Memorial Headquarters Building
- Brewster Apartments
- Theurer-Wrigley House
- Building at 2440 N. Lakeview Avenue
- Building at 399 West Fullerton Parkway
- Building at 320 West Oakdale Avenue