Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Still a few spaces open if you'd like to join us for Saturday's walking tour looking at the many workers cottages in McKinley Park: workerscottage.org/tour.html 031
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Workers cottages were built in many older industrial cities on the Great Lakes, like this bright cottage in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood 091
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A lush porch jungle at this cottage in South Deering 051
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Cooler fall weather is perfect for a walking tour. Come join us on Sept 27 to learn more about the stories of workers cottages in Logan Square, or on Oct 3 in McKinley Park workerscottage.org/tour.html 030
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Did you receive our most recent newsletter issue? You can read and subscribe through our website at workerscottage.org/news.html 000
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A happy Labor Day celebrating the workers cottage homes built by and for laborers, like this Bowmanville cottage owned by house painter Peter Carlson in the 1890s 060
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The fence spikes are color-coordinated with the house 0174
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 18/08/2026A small cottage in Little Village that was never raised after the street level was built up 031
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Rare cottage in the midst of a ranch house neighborhood near Midway 031
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 12/08/2026A fancy Flemish gable in Lawndale 0283
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The cottage pictured is still available 020
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The contrast between the colorful flowers and dark painted bricks caught my eye as I was riding by 0112
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Cottages with wood clapboard are not so common nowadays: most are covered up by vinyl or aluminum siding 1243
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 24/07/2026This unassuming cottage in Belmont-Cragin was once home to the Museum of Ancient Spiritual Artifacts, run by TV psychic Mark Kurban in the early 2000s 030
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 23/07/2026A brightly painted modern porch added to this 1902 cottage 010
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Our Logan Square workers cottage walking tour yesterday was very lucky to meet Judi, who saw us standing outside her cottage and welcomed the entire group inside to take a look! 020
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 26/06/2026The only one in a row of 1903 cottages with still surviving ornament at the top. Come hear stories about these cottages on our Logan Square walking tour on Saturday afternoon: reserve a spot through our website workerscottage.org 050
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Secret row of cottages behind storefronts on Pulaski 172
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Come join us for a walking tour looking at the history of workers cottages in Logan Square! Reserve a ticket at: www.eventbrite.com/e/cottages-o... 000
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Hope your house survived the storm yesterday. This Logan Square cottage was fine, the car maybe not 030
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Another variation is the triangle protrusion only on the 1st floor. This one is at 1938 W Wellington, built by Sam Brown Jr in 1901 020
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Here's another at 2228 W Foster. I believe the connection is that they were built by developer Sam Brown Jr., whose company built hundreds of cottages all over the city. I don't know how many of this design were built, or why they seem to appear randomly in his developments 0111
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Keep off the grass, in Belmont-Cragin 010
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 01/06/2026If you missed receiving our recent newsletter, you can subscribe at: workerscottage.org/news.html 010
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Stop by our table at the Chicago Preservation Expo to tell us what you love about workers cottages! www.chicago.gov/city/en/site... 000
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 18/05/2026It’s easy to visualize how this wooden cottage in Roscoe Village was raised up and a new brick floor was added underneath 0141
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Triplet cottages facing Kilbourn Park 030
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Cottage with a train in the back yard, built around 1906 in Ravenswood 0111
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Pink flower view from the windows of this Bucktown cottage 080
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Farewell to this Logan Square brick cottage built around 1891 010
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Little house, little traffic jam on Halsted Street 041
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Cottage with a view… of the Dan Ryan. For the first half of its life it looked out at a street of wood and brick 2-flats 061
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 08/04/2026The Parthenon of Pilsen 0201
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Hope to see you tomorrow at the McKinley Park library! www.eventbrite.com/e/1982550123... 033
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 01/04/2026An extreme example of how houses can be changed over time: originally this was part of a row of 9 similar brick cottages built in 1899 by developer William Bowman in McKinley Park. Some cottages later got a new facade, a bungalow-like porch and dormer, or were raised and moved toward the street 040
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Two cottages built in 1885 but later moved to the alley to make room for two-flat buildings in front on Potomac Ave 0193
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Logan Square cottage built in 1902 for $3000 (more expensive than most cottages). The first dormer on the side seems to be for a staircase, but what's inside the second dormer? 041
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Is demolition imminent for this Victorian cottage paused on the city's demo-delay last July? An estate sale this weekend seems to be selling even the windows www.estatesales.net/IL/Chicago/6... 032
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Will today's snow be the last of the season? Probably at least next winter before we get a storm like the one at this Bucktown cottage on Christmas 1951 shared by Tanya C. 040
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 07/03/2026A unique conjoined cottage, but now one of the triplets has gone rogue 171
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Friday night sodium streetlights spotlighting today’s #FlintstonesFriday Permastone facade cottage 020
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 05/03/2026A.J. Stone was committed to the West Side: "I have lived here twenty-seven years, and find congeniality and sociability to be the features of the West Side of the city." 010
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 02/03/2026A bit of lingering snow and Christmas lights while we are waiting for spring 050
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Have you ever wondered who lived in your house in the past? Come to our free workshop to learn how to research the history of Chicago houses, with a focus on workers cottages. RSVP at workerscottage.org/events.html 041
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Hidden behind Whirlyball and under a billboard is the last survivor of a group of 10 cottages built in 1882 by developer James M. Allen 36310
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Shorty hiding behind a fence in Pilsen 0101
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Our latest newsletter is now on our website. Subscribe so you don't miss the next issue at workerscottage.org/news.html 011
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Built in the early 1880s, this cottage on Elston once was surrounded by cottage neighbors but now stands alone 020
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Fresh snow with the holiday decorations 060
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Happy Thanksgiving to all workers cottage fans! If you did not receive last week's fall newsletter, you can subscribe on our website workerscottage.org/news.html 020