• Identificationdpu_ead_mss0032_seminarythassoc-full
  • TitleSeminary Townhouse Association records
  • PublisherDePaul University Library Special Collections and Archives
  • Date
    • 1979-1999
    • 1993-1995
  • OriginationSeminary Townhouse Association (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Physical Description1 LF
  • RepositoryDePaul University Library Special Collections and Archives DePaul University Library 2350 N. Kenmore Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60614
  • Location3/34/B
  • AbstractThis collection contains newsletters, directories, correspondence, photographs, and slides issued by or related to the Seminary Townhouse Association.

Finding aid updated on 9/20/2018

The Seminary Townhouse Association (STA) was formed in 1974 in order to purchase the property the townhouses owned by the McCormick Theological Seminary were built upon rather than allow them to be sold and moved to Hyde Park. STA is comprised of the 54 townhouses and two freestanding houses in the 800 and 900 blocks of the south side of Fullerton Avenue, the 800 block of Chalmers Place, and the north side of Belden Avenue. The homes and adjacent land are all privately owned with an emphasis on community and family. The homes were officially designated a Chicago Landmark District in 1977. These homes are commonly known as the McCormick Row Houses. For a fuller history of STA, please refer to Elizabeth K. Ware's book entitled The Seminary Townhouses Stay: The History of a Unique Community Preservation Process in Chicago (1994), located in the General Files series, Box 1.

This collection contains newsletters, directories, correspondence, photographs, and slides issued by or related to the Seminary Townhouse Association.

The Seminary Townhouse Association Records are currently organized into two series: 1. Publications; 2. General Files. See series-level descriptions for individual arrangement details.

  • NamesSeminary Townhouse Association (Chicago, Ill.)--Archives
  • Subject
    • Citizens' associations--Archival resources--Illinois--Chicago
    • Neighborhoods--Archival resources--Illinois--Chicago
    • Historic districts--Archival resources--Illinois--Chicago
    • Row houses--Preservation--Archival resources--Illinois--Chicago
    • Architecture--Conservation and restoration--Archival resources--Illinois--Chicago
  • Geographic Coverage
    • McCormick Rowhouse District (Chicago, Ill.)--History--Archival resources
    • Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)--History--Archival resources

This collection is open for research use.

The preferred citation is: Seminary Townhouse Association records, [Box#, Folder#], Special Collections and Archives, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois.

Donated by Liz Ware, Accession 2000.009. Accession records were not created for the bulk of the materials in this collection.