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The castle was built in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago from 1886 to 1887 under the direction of Robert C. Givins. He was a successful real estate developer. [1] [2] It is a three-story structure with three crenelated towers. [3] Givins lived in the castle from 1887 to 1894. From 1895 to 1897, the castle housed the Chicago Female College.
Robert C. Givins (1845/46-1915) was a Canadian-born American real estate developer and novelist. He built the Givins Beverly Castle in Beverly, Chicago , Illinois . Early life and education
773, 872. Median income (2021) $113,824. Beverly is the 72nd of Chicago's 77 community areas. Located 12 miles (19 km) from the Loop, it is on the city's far south side. Beverly is considered part of the Blue Island Ridge, along with the nearby community areas of Morgan Park and Mount Greenwood, and Washington Heights, and the City of Blue Island.
The church formed in 1951 by the merger of two congregations: the Beverly Unitarian Fellowship, which had begun in 1941, and the People's Liberal Church founded in 1878. [2] People's Liberal Church was known by a variety of names over the years: In 1878 it was called the Unitarian Universalist Christian Union Society of Englewood, or simply the ...
Added to NRHP. May 28, 1976. The Ridge Historic District is a residential historic district in the Beverly and Morgan Park neighborhoods of Chicago, Illinois. As its name suggests, the district is centered on a ridge, making it one of the few areas of high ground in the generally flat city. Development in the district began in the late ...
Longwood Drive District. Coordinates: 41°42′13″N 87°40′15″W. The Longwood Drive District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois. The houses along Longwood Drive in the Beverly neighborhood were built beginning in 1873 by various architects. Longwood was named for a long copse of trees that ran along the lee side of the hill where ...
Pages in category "Beverly, Chicago" ... 107th Street–Beverly Hills station; A. ... Beverly/Morgan Railroad District; Beverly Unitarian Church; G. Givins Beverly ...
Due to the 2020 redistricting, the district will become a more compact district in southern Cook County and eastern DuPage County, as well as part of the Far Southwest Side of Chicago. The 6th district takes in the Chicago neighborhoods of Beverly ; most of Mount Greenwood ; and western Garfield Ridge and Clearing .