The Edward C. Waller Apartments are located from 2840 to 2858 W. Walnut Street in

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and built in 1895 and named after Edward C. Waller, a prominent Chicago developer after the 1871 fire. Waller and Wright collaborated on the Waller apartments and the Francisco Terrace apartments to execute Waller's pioneering idea of subsidizing lower income housing. Each apartment was designed with a parlor, chamber (bedroom), dining room, kitchen, bathroom, and closets. Some of the oldest buildings to be used for subsidized housing in Chicago, they received Chicago Landmark status on March 2, 1994.Waller Apartments
City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division (2003). Retrieved on 2007-09-09.

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* Storrer, William Allin. ''The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion''. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, (S.031) Chicago Landmarks Residential buildings completed in 1895 Frank Lloyd Wright buildings Buildings and structures in Chicago Apartment buildings in Chicago {{Chicago-struct-stub

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