Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative

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The Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative celebrates this housing style, seeking to preserve the unique features of these houses, protect them from demolition, and continue their use and reuse for the next century – https://workerscottage.org/

Logan Square workers cottage with porch railings made of thin horizontal slats
Closeup of brick workers cottage with ornamental Classical relief above window
Tops of gable-roofed cottages peeking up behind a row of brick storefront additions
Neighborhood walking tour of Logan Square workers cottages - Saturday June 27 - 2pm
Fallen tree branch on top of a car parked in front of a workers cottage which survived the Wed afternoon storm
Spring 2026 news from the Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative
Chicago Preservation Expo on May 18 at the Chicago Cultural Center
Frame cottage perched above a brick first floor
Angled view of the front steps of three woodframe workers cottages in a row
Gambrel-roof woodframe cottage with a Brown Line L Train running along the alley behind
Brick workers cottage hidden behind a pink flowering crabapple tree
Crane taking a lunch break from demolition of walls of circa 1891 brick workers cottage
Yard show display of childrens cars and tricycles in grass in front of woodframe cottage in West Pullman
1880s workers cottage and brick 2-flat perched above the Dan Ryan Expressway trench
Brick Chicago workers cottage with classical columns and classical proportions of the Parthenon in Athens
If This Cottage Could Talk: workshop for learning how to research Chicago house history on April 4, 2pm at McKinley Park library community room
Streetview photo of row of modified workers cottages on Pershing Rd in McKinley Park
Looking down an alley at a brick cottage behind a garage in Wicker Park
Brick workers cottage with two dormers on the side
Victorian shingled cottage at 2018 N Seminary first listed for demolition in July 2025
Night-time snapshot of a brick workers cottage and parked automobile in the middle of a snow-storm on Christmas 1951
Triple cottage on S Wabash, as seen in 2021
Dusk view of a Pilsen workers cottage with a rustic black & white permastone facade
Developer A.J. Stone letter to the editor printed in the April 14, 1895 Chicago Tribune titled "Sly Dig at Deserters" who moved to the fashionable South Side after the Columbian Exhibition
Dusk view of a workers cottage lit up by colored lights at the back of a sunken yard with an icy snowbank
If This Cottage Could Talk: What stories can your house tell you? house history workshop on April 4, 2026, 2pm at McKinley Park Library community room
Dusk view of a brick workers cottage underneath an enormous billboard
1-story brick workers cottage below street level surrounded by taller houses and apartments in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood
Cottage house beneath a streetlight surrounded by empty lots on a winter night
Lighted Christmas decorations in the front yard of a snow-covered workers cottage
Two gambrel-roof Chicago workers cottages on fall day
Two workers cottages in Bridgeport with different styles of brick facing from the 1920-30s and 1940s-50s
Low afternoon sun on two frame workers cottages
Brick workers cottage with stone lintels above the windows and an entrance on the side of the house
Poster illustrating favorite workers cottages in Wicker Park & Bucktown, by Wurlington Press
Wicker Park & Bucktown Workers Cottages poster by Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative
Row of workers cottages on Leavitt St in McKinley Park
Cottage made from molded concrete blocks on Spaulding Ave in Little Village
Advertisement for 120 cottages built by Mills & Son developers, from November 1912 Chicago Examiner
Illustration of West Side Cycling Club Headquarters from March 29, 1896 Chicago Tribune
Miniature sculpture of a workers cottage facade
Freshly painted vintage kitchen
Home repair experts speak at the 2024 Homeownes Workshop hosted by the Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative
Brick workers cottage with ornamental details