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The House of Azusa Restaurant in the 1950’s, Broadway and Winona. Previously a Schlitz tied house. #ChicagoGermanHistory
February 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The House of Azusa Restaurant in the 1950’s, Broadway and Winona. Previously a Schlitz tied house. #ChicagoGermanHistory
Faehnrich store at 4718 N Lincoln Ave during the 1960's, before they selling the folding bicycles.
February 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Faehnrich store at 4718 N Lincoln Ave during the 1960's, before they selling the folding bicycles.
Vorwaerts Turner Hall
2431 W. Roosevelt Rd.
1896 - 1897
The Vorwaerts Turner Hall is a rare-surviving example of a German Turner Hall that housed neighborhood athletic clubs in Chicago's German ethnic neighborhoods in the late 19th century.
2431 W. Roosevelt Rd.
1896 - 1897
The Vorwaerts Turner Hall is a rare-surviving example of a German Turner Hall that housed neighborhood athletic clubs in Chicago's German ethnic neighborhoods in the late 19th century.
February 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Vorwaerts Turner Hall
2431 W. Roosevelt Rd.
1896 - 1897
The Vorwaerts Turner Hall is a rare-surviving example of a German Turner Hall that housed neighborhood athletic clubs in Chicago's German ethnic neighborhoods in the late 19th century.
2431 W. Roosevelt Rd.
1896 - 1897
The Vorwaerts Turner Hall is a rare-surviving example of a German Turner Hall that housed neighborhood athletic clubs in Chicago's German ethnic neighborhoods in the late 19th century.
Schlitz Brewery-Tied House at 5120 N. Broadway. German Renaissance Revival.
February 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Schlitz Brewery-Tied House at 5120 N. Broadway. German Renaissance Revival.
Schlitz Brewery-Tied House at 1801 W. Division Street (Former). German Renaissance style of architecture.
February 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Schlitz Brewery-Tied House at 1801 W. Division Street (Former). German Renaissance style of architecture.
We had our wedding here.
February 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
We had our wedding here.
The Wrightwood Hotel (now Neighborhood Hotel) at Clark and Wrightwood. A prime example of the German Renaissance Revival architecture. It was built to house visitors to the Ferris Wheel that had been moved from the Columbian Exposition.
February 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The Wrightwood Hotel (now Neighborhood Hotel) at Clark and Wrightwood. A prime example of the German Renaissance Revival architecture. It was built to house visitors to the Ferris Wheel that had been moved from the Columbian Exposition.
"As German as North Avenue" chicagology.com/chicagostree...
February 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"As German as North Avenue" chicagology.com/chicagostree...
Brottinger's Saloon & Boardinghaus, 589 Larrabee Street, Chicago, 1895. One of the few pics that I have found with German language signage.
February 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Brottinger's Saloon & Boardinghaus, 589 Larrabee Street, Chicago, 1895. One of the few pics that I have found with German language signage.
Yondorf Building. For long-time residents of Chicago, you will remember that this building was in sorry shape and threatened with demolition.
Here's what it looks like today.
Here's what it looks like today.
February 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Yondorf Building. For long-time residents of Chicago, you will remember that this building was in sorry shape and threatened with demolition.
Here's what it looks like today.
Here's what it looks like today.
AUGUST WALLBAUM. St. Michael Church, 1869, in Old Town.
February 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
AUGUST WALLBAUM. St. Michael Church, 1869, in Old Town.
Remnant of the German community in Englewood.
February 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Remnant of the German community in Englewood.
Schulien's restaurant, 1800 North Halsted, circa 1910s. The building is still there, architecturally intact, and survives as the Willow Room.
February 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Schulien's restaurant, 1800 North Halsted, circa 1910s. The building is still there, architecturally intact, and survives as the Willow Room.
Designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst and White.
Built by 2 brothers from Germany, who used it to serve classic German food during a time when about one in five Chicagoans were of German descent.
Only the facade remains
Built by 2 brothers from Germany, who used it to serve classic German food during a time when about one in five Chicagoans were of German descent.
Only the facade remains
February 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst and White.
Built by 2 brothers from Germany, who used it to serve classic German food during a time when about one in five Chicagoans were of German descent.
Only the facade remains
Built by 2 brothers from Germany, who used it to serve classic German food during a time when about one in five Chicagoans were of German descent.
Only the facade remains
C. Hermann Plautz House built in 1877 in Chicago, IL
February 9, 2025 at 12:35 AM
C. Hermann Plautz House built in 1877 in Chicago, IL
This is an example of the German community in Bridgeport.
February 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This is an example of the German community in Bridgeport.
Steuben Club
February 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Steuben Club
This is a Schlitz tied-house in the German enclave that was in Englewood.
February 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is a Schlitz tied-house in the German enclave that was in Englewood.
1660 N Wells St
Zahner’s Saloon 1950
Courtesy of Chicago History Museum.
Zahner’s Saloon 1950
Courtesy of Chicago History Museum.
February 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
1660 N Wells St
Zahner’s Saloon 1950
Courtesy of Chicago History Museum.
Zahner’s Saloon 1950
Courtesy of Chicago History Museum.
S.E. Gross (non-German) developed several areas of the city, many targeted to Germans. “Unter den Linden” was in the area around Belmont & Elston in Avondale.
Concordia Lutheran (1892) 2649 W. Belmont Ave. and St. Francis Xavier Catholic (1909) 3033 N Francisco served the German-speaking residents.
Concordia Lutheran (1892) 2649 W. Belmont Ave. and St. Francis Xavier Catholic (1909) 3033 N Francisco served the German-speaking residents.
February 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
S.E. Gross (non-German) developed several areas of the city, many targeted to Germans. “Unter den Linden” was in the area around Belmont & Elston in Avondale.
Concordia Lutheran (1892) 2649 W. Belmont Ave. and St. Francis Xavier Catholic (1909) 3033 N Francisco served the German-speaking residents.
Concordia Lutheran (1892) 2649 W. Belmont Ave. and St. Francis Xavier Catholic (1909) 3033 N Francisco served the German-speaking residents.
F. W. Pusheck Groceries at the southwest corner of Wells and Huron, about 1887.
February 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
F. W. Pusheck Groceries at the southwest corner of Wells and Huron, about 1887.