The 2,950-class foot, Frank Lloyd Right-Disked Emil Bakh House is one of the two vintage side-by-side houses at North Side Rogers Park Naberhood at Bakh House, which billionaire Jennifer Pritzkar has donated to Loyola University Chicago.
Over the years, JB Pritzkar, a scon of Hyatt Hotels Fortune and the village cousin, has collected a large -scale portfolio of vintage houses in Chicago and Evanson. He has taken the worn commercial and residential buildings and restored them prominently.
Now, Pritzkar 7415 N. Sheridan, and House Next Door, 7421 N. Sheridan, Loyola has been donated to both the primary style Bakh House.
Bakh House was built for Bakh in 1915, a right admirr, who co-owned the Bakh Brick Company and during the First World War, there was a government information officer, the construction of Bakh House, reached the walnuts near Bakh, which was accessible At that time it was controlled by the US Army, and thus capable of buying it and using it in the construction of your home. Bakh House is one of the 11 right-designed houses in the city border, and was declared a city of the Chicago Landmark in 1977 and then added to the national register of historic places in 1979.
Meanwhile, 7421 n. The Arts-And-Crafts-Style House in Sheridan is known as Lang Residence, and it is architect Edgar M. Was designed by Newman. Later at home was owned by the Atlas family, and brothers H. Leslie Atlas and Ralph Atlas began broadcasting newly launched WBBM radio from the basement of the house in 1924, before going to the more official diges in the lobby of a nearby hotel for a year.
Pritzkar’s Tawani Enterprises paid $ 1.7 million for Bakh House in 2010, and paid $ 1.32 million in 2005 for the Lang House. Pritzker worked to renovate both houses, and in early 2010, he turned Bakh House into a site for a holiday rented house and meetings and programs.
Pritzker recently donated homes to Loyola. Christian Anderson, Assistant Vice President of University Marketing and Communication for Loyola, told Elite Street that Pritjkar’s gift agreement was closed at the end of January.
Now, Loyola officials are starting the process of involving buildings in campus master plan and in university activities. Both houses are not immediately connected to the premises of Loyola.
Anderson told Elite Street that the university is developing a plan to use qualities for Loyola tasks and special programs, while “these houses have been historically obtained.”
Anderson said in a statement, “Recognizing their importance to the neighborhood, Loyola is committed to maintaining the historical and community value of the houses.”
Chicago Sun-Times reported on donation for the first time.