Emanuel Buchsbaum Sites

With the help of funds and relief labor from the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Chicago Parks District was able to make a number of improvements to Lincoln Park on the north side of Chicago, Illinois. One such project created Montrose Beach at the north end of the park, jutting out into Lake Michigan. Several buildings were added to Montrose Beach, all designed by E.V. Buchsbaum, the largest of which was a beach house. It was modeled after the North Avenue Beach House, which looks like a lake steamer.  Unfortunately, in the 1950s the east wing of the beach house burned...

The North Avenue Beach was developed by the Works Project Administration (WPA) as part of a larger program of improvements to Lincoln Park on the north side of Chicago, Illinois. Construction began in 1939 and the beach opened July 31, 1940.  A beach house was added designed to look like a lake ship by Chicago Park District architect Emanuel Buchsbaum. The original structure was demolished in the 1990s after suffering from severe deterioration and replaced by a new structure along similar lines. The new beach house was built in 1999 and is slightly larger than the original structure. The current beach house...