Old Town Triangle

Old Town Triangle is a historic district in the near-north section of Chicago, bordered to the north by Armitage Ave, to the east by Clark St, to the south by North Ave. and a choppy, diagnoal border on the west (around Sedgwick Ave). The nieghborhood is comprised mostly of single-family homes, low-rise brick buildings, and two-flats built for the boom in laborers who came to Chicago to rebuild the city after the Great Chicago Fire. Old Town was designated a Chicago Landmark District in 1977 and added to the National Registry of Historical Properties in 1984. Because Old Town Triangle holds these historical designations, street-facing exteriors are not allowed to be altered in any way--only maintained. Old Town is home to many of Chicago's older, Victorian-era buildings. The neighborhood is also home to St. Michael's Church, originally a Bavarian-built church, and one of 7 to survive the path of the Great Chicago Fire. Many of the streets and alleys, predate the Great Chicago Fire and do not all adhere to a typical Chicago grid pattern.