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3858 W. Washington Blvd. (roughly)
Posted by:
Mercer52
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Date: September 19, 2013 04:48PM
I'm so interested to know the history of this little house on W. Washington.
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Re: 3858 W. Washington Blvd. (roughly)
Posted by:
Sit and Stew
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Date: September 19, 2013 08:01PM
1 bedroom, 966 square feet. Built between 1885 and 1890. Probably a cottage-style home that was popular at the time across the city. The current owner reported owns the home at 3850 W. Washington Blvd as well. Lot size 4740 sq ft. Looks very out of place down there.
Re: 3858 W. Washington Blvd. (roughly)
Posted by:
PKDickman
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Date: September 19, 2013 08:28PM
Sit and Stew Wrote:
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> 1 bedroom, 966 square feet. Built between 1885 and
> 1890. Probably a cottage-style home that was
> popular at the time across the city. The current
> owner reported owns the home at 3850 W. Washington
> Blvd as well. Lot size 4740 sq ft. Looks very out
> of place down there.
The actual address is 3860
3858 used to be another similar small cottage. It was taken by the city (probably demo court) it was torn down in 2010.
The same person owned 3850,3858,and 3860
No sale record for 3860 shows up but the tax bill goes to a Derrica Merriweather, who gets the homeowner exemption.
She is in arrears.
The high rise lot adjacent used to be a repair shop for the streetcar lines, The carbarn was just across Washington
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> 1 bedroom, 966 square feet. Built between 1885 and
> 1890. Probably a cottage-style home that was
> popular at the time across the city. The current
> owner reported owns the home at 3850 W. Washington
> Blvd as well. Lot size 4740 sq ft. Looks very out
> of place down there.
The actual address is 3860
3858 used to be another similar small cottage. It was taken by the city (probably demo court) it was torn down in 2010.
The same person owned 3850,3858,and 3860
No sale record for 3860 shows up but the tax bill goes to a Derrica Merriweather, who gets the homeowner exemption.
She is in arrears.
The high rise lot adjacent used to be a repair shop for the streetcar lines, The carbarn was just across Washington
Re: 3858 W. Washington Blvd. (roughly)
Posted by:
Mercer52
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Date: September 19, 2013 08:40PM
Sit and Stew and PKDickman--Thank you so much for the information. Can I ask how you found it? I would love to be able to research other properties in the city.
Re: 3858 W. Washington Blvd. (roughly)
Posted by:
PKDickman
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Date: September 19, 2013 11:02PM
Mercer52 Wrote:
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> Sit and Stew and PKDickman--Thank you so much for
> the information. Can I ask how you found it? I
> would love to be able to research other properties
> in the city.
I think Stew got his from Blockshopper.com You can punch in an address and they will spit out owners and neighbors (based on tax bills), recent sales etc.
Me, First I checked the plat map for basic info and history.
[url=https://gisapps.cityofchicago.org/kiosk/jsp/mpkiosk.jsp]CoC Maps and plats kiosk[/url]
Next I searched the Assessors office by address range to get the pin number and other basic info.
[url=http://cookcountyassessor.com/data/gis.asp]County Assessor
[/url]
Then I used County Recorder to check sales and liens.
[url=http://12.218.239.81/i2/default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1]County Recorder of deeds Land records[/url]
The County treasurer for tax billing.
[url=http://www.cookcountytreasurer.com/]Cook County Treasurer[/url]
And the Department of Buildings for permits and violations.
[url=http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/bldgs/provdrs/inspect/svcs/building_violationsonline.html]Building violation and permit lookup by address[/url]
For added measure I checked some historic stuff from the old Sanborn Fire Ins Maps.
[url=http://imagesearchnew.library.illinois.edu/cdm/search/collection/sanborn/searchterm/Insurance%20maps%20of%20Chicago/order/nosort]Historic Fire Ins Maps[/url]
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> Sit and Stew and PKDickman--Thank you so much for
> the information. Can I ask how you found it? I
> would love to be able to research other properties
> in the city.
I think Stew got his from Blockshopper.com You can punch in an address and they will spit out owners and neighbors (based on tax bills), recent sales etc.
Me, First I checked the plat map for basic info and history.
[url=https://gisapps.cityofchicago.org/kiosk/jsp/mpkiosk.jsp]CoC Maps and plats kiosk[/url]
Next I searched the Assessors office by address range to get the pin number and other basic info.
[url=http://cookcountyassessor.com/data/gis.asp]County Assessor
[/url]
Then I used County Recorder to check sales and liens.
[url=http://12.218.239.81/i2/default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1]County Recorder of deeds Land records[/url]
The County treasurer for tax billing.
[url=http://www.cookcountytreasurer.com/]Cook County Treasurer[/url]
And the Department of Buildings for permits and violations.
[url=http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/bldgs/provdrs/inspect/svcs/building_violationsonline.html]Building violation and permit lookup by address[/url]
For added measure I checked some historic stuff from the old Sanborn Fire Ins Maps.
[url=http://imagesearchnew.library.illinois.edu/cdm/search/collection/sanborn/searchterm/Insurance%20maps%20of%20Chicago/order/nosort]Historic Fire Ins Maps[/url]
