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1. ARCHITECT ROSARIO CANDELA FULL
2. ARCHITECT ROSARIO CANDELA WINDOWS

What a great opportunity to own one of the oldest surviving houses in town. Set back from the street, the villa’s original details include beautiful woodwork, pocket doors, and gas light sconces.

ARCHITECT ROSARIO CANDELA WINDOWS

I attended that event and learned the home’s arched stained glass windows and bathroom partition were salvaged from an old church.

ARCHITECT ROSARIO CANDELA FULL

With seven bedrooms and four full bathrooms, this single-family residence with a separate coach house in the back was featured on a housewalk last year. Located a five-minute walk from the River Forest Metra station, this Second Empire-style home was built in 1874 by a descendent of the town’s founding family. Part of a cooperative, the condo’s monthly $5,603 dues cover utilities, taxes, and other services. A reminder of the Prohibition days, there’s a bar concealed behind wood paneling where you can mix drinks for your friends. Inside this unit you’ll find gorgeous views of the lake as well as an original floor plan with formal rooms and a vintage kitchen with built-in refrigerators and other elements. It’s located inside the only Chicago work by architect Rosario Candela, best known for designing luxury New York City apartment buildings throughout the 1920s. That’s exactly what happened in 2022 when this five-bedroom, three-bathroom condo went up for sale for just under $1.3 million. It’s not every day that you find a property on the open market for the first time in more than 75 years.

I’m guessing the old horse barn belonged to the home in the middle, but what really makes this listing shine is that amazing outdoor space. The additional structures could be used as an Airbnb or art studio. According to Crain’s, the current owners pieced all the properties together through the years and rent two of them out with gross revenue of $73,000 a year.

Three buildings? Well, that explains the $3 million-plus price tag. There’s also an old Victorian structure, almost entirely hidden from view. Michael’s Catholic Church is a single-family residence: an ivy-covered barn with exposed brick walls and a unique layout built in the early 20th century. The price point of the following properties might not be to everyone’s liking, but we can still enjoy looking through the photos of these five remarkable properties. Then there is an “old money” time capsule on Lake Shore Drive: A suburban residence with pieces of a historic church inside. The first listing, for example, sits behind the facade of a converted horse barn in Chicago’s Old Town Triangle - and it’s not one, but two separate residential buildings on parallel lots with green space in the middle. But once you go through the photos, you’ll be astounded by their interiors and other distinctive qualities. These five homes are slightly deceptive at first glance. While hunting through current real estate listings, it’s always fun to come across a property that completely surprises you.