Occupants: Samuel Barber Pomeroy, George T. Pomeroy, Henry Hinsdale, James A. Smith, George B. Marsh
Location: 1824 S. Prairie (Old 902)
Life Span: 1858~1940
Architect:
D. B. Cooke & Co.’s City Directory, 1859-60
Pomeroy, Elihu, (Pomeroy, Thompson & Co.), bds. w s Prairie av bet Old and Cross
Halpin & Bailey’s Chicago City Directory for the Year 1863-1864
Hinsdale, Henry W., (H. W. Hinsdale & Co.,) h. w. s. Prairie av., nr. 18th
Lakeside Annual Directory for the City of Chicago, 1880
Smith James A. Mrs. house 902 (old no.) Prairie av.
Lakeside Annual Directory for the City of Chicago, 1884
Marsh George B. (Palmer, Fuller & Co.) W. 22d cor. S. Union, house 1824 Prairie
Chicago Tribune, January 9, 1898
Thirty years ago two houses adorned Prairie avenue. One was at 1824, which used to be the home of the Marsh family. The other was the John N. Staples homestead in the middle of the block, on the west side, between Eighteenth and Seventeenth streets. No building relieved the monopoly of the sand flats on the east side of the street and only the tracks of the Illinois Central and Michigan Central railroads lay between the roadway and the lake. Street cars did not reach the home of these pioneers—the Staples and the Marsh families. A passenger who did not choose walking all the way fro the center of the town could ride as far south as Twelfth street in a State street horse car and go afoot the remainder of the distance. Mr. Marsh was a member of the lumber firm of Palmer, Fuller & Co. After his death his widow kept the place open for a time, but finally gave it up and went to a farm near Laporte, Ind., where she died. The old Staples homestead, 1703 Prairie avenue, was sold to T. W. Harvey. Fernando Jones was the third person to build in the avenue. He still lives in the house he built there, at 1834.
- 1824 Prairie Avenue
- Prairie Avenue
Old (18th street) to Cross (19th street)
1853
- 1824 S. Prairie Ave.
Robinson Fire Insurance Map
1886
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