East Side
Residential Architecture
of the 1950's

These houses are commonly called raised ranch style houses.  They are more modern adaptations of the Chicago Cottage and the Chicago Bungalow.  They are single family dwellings, built on 25 or 30 foot wide lots (this is the standard width of a city residential lot in most Chicago neighborhoods).  The mass production techniques of factories were adapted to building houses with the result that there was not much variation in styles on many residential blocks in the neighborhood. 

Karben Development   Typical Residences of the 50's

Click on the links at the left to tour residential architecture of 
Chicago's East Side.