J. J. Walser Jr. House

The J. J. Walser Jr. House is a Prairie style house in the Austin community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the house was built for the real estate developer Joseph Jacob Walser Jr.

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Type: House
Description: historic house in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Also known as: “J. J. Walser, Jr. Residence”, “J.J. Walser House”, “J.J. Walser Jr. House”, “JJ. Walser House”, “Joseph J. Walser House”, and “Walser House”
Address: 42 North Central Avenue, Chicago, IL 60644

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Austin Town Hall Park and Austin Community Academy High School.

Austin Town Hall Park

Park

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Austin Town Hall Park is a park at 5610 W. Lake Street in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The site was formerly used for the town hall of Cicero Township.

Austin Community Academy High School

School

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Austin College and Career Academy High School is a public four-year high school located in the Austin neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Austin Community Academy High School is situated 1,600 feet northeast of J. J. Walser Jr. House.

Central station

Metro station

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Central is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system and is located at 350 North Central Avenue in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West side. Central station is situated 2,200 feet north of J. J. Walser Jr. House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Austin and Far West Side.

Austin

Suburb

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Austin is one of the 77 officially-designated community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Located on the city's West Side, it is the third-largest community area by population and the second-largest geographically.

Far West Side

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Chicago's Far West Side is best known for being impoverished and crime-ridden, but it has at least one major attraction as well as some fabulous parks, vibrant immigrant communities, and blues legends.