Location: 1600 S. Prairie (852)
Occupants: John G. Shortall (Shortall & Hoard), Rev. and Mrs. William O. Waters (1910 US Census)
Life Span: About 1867-
Architect: T. V. Wadskier
Edwards’ Annual Directory of the City of Chicago for 1870-71
Shortall, John G. (Shortall & Hoard), r. 852 Prairie av.
Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1874
Shortall, John G. (Shortall & Hoard), r. 852 Prairie av.
Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1876
Shortall, John G. house 852 Prairie av.
Chicago Evening Post, October 12, 1867
Erected By T. V. Wadskier, Architect,
126½ Dearborn Street
Two first class dwellings on Prairie avenue, south of Sixteenth street, press brick front with stone trimmings, three stories and basement, for John G. Shortall, Esq. Cost, $25,000.
Chicago Tribune, May 17, 1891
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Shortall, No. 1600 Prairie avenue, left last week for Boston.
Chicago Tribune, January 9, 1898
John G. Shortall First.
Just in front of this hotel, and the first house on the west side of Prairie avenue, is the home of John G. Shortall. He is a widower—the companion of his pipe and the friend of dumb animals. Mr. Shortall’s wife died seventeen years ago. She was the daughter of John N. Staples, a pioneer in Prairie avenue, and she grew to womanhood in the residence afterward bought by T. W. Harvey. Mrs. Shortall is remembered as a bright and clever woman who like society and loved her home. Mrs. Shortall’s full name was Mary Dunham Staples, and she was the pioneer’s eldest daughter. The marriage took place Sept. 7, 1861. Their one child, John Louis Shortal, was born in 1865. He and his wife reside with his father.
Chicago Tribune, October 4, 1940
October 6.—”Old Houses of the Prairie Avenue Gold Coast.” Hear the stories of mansions of Chicago’s Gold Coast during the “Gay Nineties.” Meet at 3 p.m. 1600 South Prairie avenue.
Chicago Tribune, May 14, 1950
The board also approved a petition for operation of an automobile parking lot at 1600-08 Prairie av.
- 1600 S. Prairie Avenue
Robinson Fire Insurance Map
1886
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