Alta Vista Terrace District

Infobox_nrhp | name =Alta Vista Terrace Historic District
nrhp_type =hd


caption =
location= Chicago, Illinois
lat_degrees = 41 | lat_minutes = 57 | lat_seconds = 6.53 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 87 | long_minutes = 39 | long_seconds = 23.55 | long_direction = W
area =
built =1900
architecture= Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
added = March 16, 1972
governing_body = Local
refnum=72000448 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Alta Vista Terrace District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois. The district was built in 1904 in imitation of the rowhouse style of London. [cite web|url=http://www.architecture.org/tour_view.aspx?TourID=1|title=CAF Tours: Alta Vista Terrace|publisher=Chicago Architecture Foundation|date=2007|accessdate=2007-06-26]

The development was the work of Samuel Gross, who was responsible for several other real estate developments in Chicago. He was inspired to build Alta Vista Terrace after a trip to Europe, in which he looked at the rowhouses of London. The street is one block long and contains 40 small, single-family rowhouses, each on a lot about 24 feet wide and 40 feet deep. There were 20 different exterior styles based on various adaptations of architectural styles. Some of the features included Doric and Ionic wood pilasters, Gothic arches, Palladian windows, stained and leaded-glass fanlights, bay and bow windows, and various decorative woodwork. [cite web|url=http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/hargis/PDFs/200502.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Alta Vista Terrace|date=1972|accessdate=2007-06-26]

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