Lakewood Balmoral Historic District | |
 Houses on Wayne Avenue in the Lakewood Balmoral Historic District | |
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| Location | Bounded by Magnolia, Wayne, Foster, and Bryn Mawr Aves.,Chicago, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 41°58′48″N87°39′45″W / 41.98000°N 87.66250°W /41.98000; -87.66250 |
| Area | 63 acres (25 ha) |
| Built | 1890s-1900s |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Shingle Style |
| NRHP reference No. | 99000162[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 12, 1999 |
TheLakewood Balmoral Historic District is ahistoric district in theEdgewater community area ofChicago,Illinois. It was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places on February 12, 1999. The district covers an area of about 63 acres (0.25 km2); its boundaries are Magnolia Avenue to the east, Wayne Avenue to the west, Foster Avenue to the south, and Bryn Mawr Avenue to the north.
The area is easily accessible from theBerwyn station on theChicago "L"Red Line.
John Lewis Cochran, the first major developer in the Edgewater area, purchased the land which makes up the Lakewood Balmoral district in 1890. Known as Cochran's Third Addition to Edgewater, the region was marketed to middle-class families, as opposed to the Edgewater lakefront, which was mostly mansions at the time.[2] Many of the streets in the district were named by Cochran. Berwyn Avenue, Bryn Mawr Avenue and Wayne Avenue were named after stations on theMain Line running north of his nativePhiladelphia. Catalpa Avenue was named after a street in Philadelphia, Lakewood Avenue after the town ofLakewood, New Jersey, and Balmoral—a nod to Cochran's Scottish ancestry—afterBalmoral Castle in Scotland.[3]
The Lakewood Balmoral district was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1999. In 1999, it included 490 buildings deemed to contribute to the historic character of the area.[1]
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