Location: 1812 S. Prairie
Occupants: George H. Wheeler, J. C. Wooley
Life Span: 1884-1968
Architect: Burnham & Root
Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1885
Wheeler, George H. (Munger, Wheeler & Co.) 1 Metropolitan blk. house 1812 Prairie.
Chicago Telephone Directory, 1892
Wheeler George H. 1812 Prairie av. . . South-37
Inter Ocean, January 2, 1887
Mr. G. Henry Wheeler has a charming house, No. 1812, arranged and furnished in exquisite taste. Mr. Wheeler is of the firm of Munger, Wheeler & Co., and a son of the venerable Hiram Wheeler, Esq.
Chicago Tribune, January 9, 1898
George Henry Wheeler, whose home is at 1812 Prairie avenue. recently lost his wife. The President of the Washington Park club and the Chicago City railway company is a familiar figure to frequenters of the South Side boulevards. He is fond of good horses and generally tools his dogcart southward in the early afternoon. His daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Young, live with him. Mt. Young is a Louisville man, and was an Assistant Corporation Counsel in Mayor Swift’s administration.
- 1812 S. Prairie Ave.
About 1955
Chicago Tribune, October 13, 1968
Next door (to 1808) is a vacant lot at 1812 Prairie av. You do not have to be a house builder to know that no human shelter was ever constructed there altho several persons are listed as eligible voters from that address.
- 1812 S. Prairie Ave.
Robinson Fire Insurance Map
1886
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