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Scherer Flats, Chicago
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This Victorian-era commercial structure,
located at the prominent corner of State and Division in the Gold Coast
National Register District, has been adaptively reused as a CVS Pharmacy.
Originally scheduled to be demolished for a modern drugstore, the historic
building (which dates to 1886) — and the façade of an adjacent greystone — were
saved through the efforts of preservationists, area residents, and the
local alderman. Restoration of the building’s ornate corner turret was
completed in late 2005. There are ongoing efforts to restore the missing
storefront. |
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For more information on chain
drugstores, visit:
www.nationaltrust.org/issues/drugstore
Photos above: Proposed plans for
State and Division site, site before restoration, site after restoration,
detail of restored corner turret. |
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