Wow! House: Chicago Architect’s Home With $60K Garden

CHICAGO, IL -- Designed by an architect as his own personal home in 1903, this comfortable Tudor home in Hyde Park is on the market for $1.15 million. The home’s exquisite garden was recently designed by noted Chicago landscape architect, Craig Bergman. The garden, which cost over $60,000 to complete, red sandstone paths, a Japanese dwarf maple, two big oak trees, three holly bushes, hostas, hydrangeas, a boxwood hedge, perennials and bulbs.

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• Address: 5305 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, Illinois
• Price: $1,150,000
• Square Feet: 3100
• Bedrooms: 5
• Bathrooms: 3 Full and 1 Half Baths
• Built: 1903
• Features: This classic 1903 Tudor house in Hyde Park was designed by the architect as his personal residence. Designed and built by the Chicago architectural firm of Granger, Lowe and Bollenbacher. Wonderful five bedroom three story residence with many vintage features:handsome slate roof, hardwood floors, two fireplaces, high ceilings, tinned living room windows lovely moldings and a boot scraper but updated with two zoned central air conditioning. The a/c for floors two and three is brand new.The exquisite garden was recently designed by noted Chicago landscape architect Craig Bergman, at a cost of over $60, 000. The garden has red sandstone paths, a Japanese dwarf maple, two big oak trees, three holly bushes, hostas, hydrangeas, a boxwood hedge, perennials and bulbs. Two of the five bedrooms are currently used as studies. One of the studies has a gun closet as the original owner was a hunter. There is a two car garage at the rear of the yard.Steps to the University of Chicago and Laboratory School

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