Villa Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Two matched brick apartment buildings flank West Waveland at the edge of the Villa, a residential enclave in Chicago's Irving Park neighborhood. Designed by Clarence Hatzfeld of Hatzfeld & Knox for developers Haentze and Wheeler, they were finished in December 1914. Each building has nine units, sun porch bays, peaked roofs with exposed wood framing and stucco infill, red tile roofing, and pergola-covered entries. Oak trim, built-in cabinets and brick fireplaces inside reflect Craftsman ideals of honest materials. The nomination argues the pair serves as a gateway into the Villa from busy Pulaski Avenue, balancing monumental form with the domestic scale of nearby bungalows. It links this idea to a 1913 Chicago competition for neighborhood planning, where entry groupings of flats were common. The buildings lie within the original 1902 plat but were left out of the first district listing, partly because the Villa's covenants barred apartment buildings. The boundary increase adds about half an acre.