The McCormick Row House District is a group of houses located in the

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community area in

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, USA. It sits between East and West parts of

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's Lincoln Park Campus and is independent from the school. They were built between 1884 and 1889 and used by the McCormick Theological Seminary to gain rental income. They were designed in the Queen Anne Style by the A. M. F. Colton and Son City Of Chicago Landmark Designation Reports
McCormick Row House District, April 1976

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s and joined the list of Chicago Landmarks May 4, 1971. The McCormick Row House District also lies within the boundaries of the Sheffield Historic District.https://www.nps.gov/nr/research/index.htm National Register of Historic Places, Reference Number: 76000704 In 1973, the McCormick Theological Seminary made the decision to affiliate with the theological seminaries connected with the

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. In 1974, several McCormick Row House tenants formed the Seminary Townhouse Association and found buyers for all of the seminary's residential units. McCormick Row Houses are now owned by individual owners, with covenants protecting the treatment and maintenance of building exteriors and public areas such as the McCormick Row House private park.

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Official City of Chicago Lincoln Park Community MapDriehaus Museum summary of McCormick Row HousesSeminary Townhouse Association
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