| Address | 4200 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL |
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| Built | 1889 |
| Architect | Unknown |
| Status | Designated Chicago Landmark |
| Designation Date | December 5, 1990 (Final)City Council Journal of the Proceedings, p. 26497 |
| Neighborhood | Irving Park |
| Type | Hotel |
| Landmark ID | L-211 |
Direct quotes from the Chicago Landmark Designation Report
“The original storefront configuration was followed in general form on the first floor, but significantly modified in materials and proportions. On Although the "new" Whistle Stop Inn suggests the changes both the street and the community have undergone over the past century, it cannot be called a restoration.”
“Although the current occupant, the Whistle Stop Inn, is of recent vintage, the building itself is the oldest mercantile structure in the Irving Park community, dating from 1889, the year the area was annexed to the city.”
“Within the last three years the building has undergone changes of an opposite character, meant to replicate the historic character of the original building. The current owner has recently completed a reconstruction of the exterior, based on a photograph of the original design.”
“Remodeled extensively over the years, the exterior of the building has been recently reconstructed to simulate its appearance a century ago, the facade suggesting the late nineteenth-century origins of the community.”