A Neighborhood

155 years in the making

1863

Lind Medical School/University an affiliate of Mercy Hospital purchases their first medical school building at State Street and 22nd Street.

1888

Wesley Memorial Hospital’s charter is granted and opens at 24th Street and Dearborn Street.

1891

Quinn Chapel AME, Chicago’s oldest African American congregation with a long history of activism, purchases land at 24th Street and Wabash Avenue. The parish moves into the current church the following year.

1892

22nd Street Green Line “L” Station Opens at 12 E. Cermak Rd.

1906

Medical School becomes Northwestern University Medical School

1920

Northwestern University Medical School Moves to Chicago Avenue and Lake Shore Drive

1955

Harold Ickes Homes Opens. The 11-building, 1,006-unit development designed by prominent Chicago-based architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Opens.

1969

Cermak-Chinatown Red Line “L” Station Opens.

1977

22nd Street Green Line “L” at 12 E. Cermak Rd. Station Closes due to low ridership.

2010

Harold Ickes Homes is demolished.

2011

Planning for the 22nd Street McCormick Place “L” at 12 E. Cermak Rd. begins and opens in February 2015.

2015

The Community Builders & McCaffery Interests are Selected as the Master Developer for Southbridge.

Sources

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6. “Chicago History Museum, ICHi-007019; J. Sherwin Murphy, photographer”