Jennie Foley Building

The Jennie Foley Building, also known as the Jennie Foley-Victor A. Arrigo Building, is a historic commercial and residential building located at 626-628 S. Racine Ave. in Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1889, the four-story building has a storefront on its first floor and six apartments on its upper stories. The brick building's design features hexagonal bay windows, a metal cornice decorated with scrolls and dentils, and belt courses between floors on the east facade. The building was one of many hybrid commercial and residential buildings constructed in the area, the center of Chicago's Sicilian community in the early twentieth century, though most such buildings have since been demolished. In 1910, the parents of prominent Chicago lawyer and politician Victor A. Arrigo purchased the building; Arrigo lived in the building until his death in 1973.[2]

Jennie Foley Building
Jennie Foley Building is located in Chicago metropolitan area
Jennie Foley Building
Location626--628 S. Racine Ave., Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41°52′24″N 87°39′25″W
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1889 (1889)
Architectural styleChicago
NRHP reference No.85001274[1]
Added to NRHPJune 19, 1985

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 19, 1985.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. von Dreele, Linda S. (January 11, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Jennie Foley Building" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 3, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2016.


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