Berwyn Bungalow - Explore Chicago from a Modern, Hip Bungalow vacation home.

Welcome to our renovated 1924 bungalow. We envisioned a place where visitors could cozy up, stay a while and experience city living amidst iconic destinations. The house is within 4 miles from:
Oak Park Conservatory
• Rich atmosphere of flora and fauna throughout three indoor Conservatory showrooms including:
o Mediterranean room
o Tropical room
o Desert room
• Urban outdoor gardens surround this city escape, representing Illinois native ecosystems

Frank Lloyd Wright’s first home and studio
• Birthplace of an architectural revolution
• Wright used his home to explore design concepts that contained the seeds of his architectural
philosophy
• In his adjacent studio, Wright and his associates developed a new American architecture – the
Prairie style
• The historic district surrounding the Home and Studio has the greatest number of Wright-
designed residences worldwide

Columbus Park
• 135-acre park
• Considered the finest work by landscape architect Jens Jensen
• Named a National Historic Landmark in 2003

Miller Meadow
• 8 picnic groves
• model airplane field
• off-leash dog area
Brookfield Zoo
• 235-acre zoological park
• Featuring more than 2,400 animals belonging to over 400 species. Read on to learn how to
maximize your zoo visit!
• Since the opening of Brookfield Zoo in 1934, the Chicago Zoological Society has had an
international reputation for taking a cutting-edge role in animal care and conservation of the
natural world

The house is within 6 miles of:
Garfield Park Conservatory
• One of the largest and most stunning botanical conservatories in the nation
• Often referred to as “landscape art under glass”
• The Conservatory showcases thousands of plant species from around the world throughout eight
indoor display gardens
• Year-round, visitors can enjoy the lush flora and tropical temperatures indoors, or more than 10
acres of:
o outdoor gardens
o nature play spaces for children
o water lily pond

The Space Essentials
We take pride in offering a naturally clean, warm and welcoming space. There are queen-size beds in 3 bedrooms. The kids bedroom offers a bunk bed with a twin mattress on top and a full mattress on bottom.

There are 5 TVs in the property. One 55" TV in each bedroom excluding the Brookfield Zoo bedroom / kids bunk bed room. The Bunk bed features a single mattress on top and a full mattress on bottom. There is 65" TV in the Living Room and another 55" TV in the basement area.

We offer a picnic table and BBQ grill in the backyard for outdoor activities.
NO DISHEWASHER in the property. Guests will have to wash dishes by hand. Thank you.


About the Neighborhood
Before being settled, the land that is now Berwyn was traversed by Native American trails. The most important trails converged near the Chicago portage, and two notable routes crossed what is today Berwyn. A branch of the Trail to Green Bay crossed Berwyn at what is now Riverside Drive, and the Ottawa Trail spanned the southern end of the city.
In 1846, the first land in "Berwyn" was deeded to Theodore Doty, who built the 8-foot-wide (2.4 m) Plank Road from Chicago to Ottawa along the Ottawa Trail. The trail had been used as a French and Indian trade route and more recently as a stagecoach route to Lisle. This thoroughfare became what is now Ogden Avenue in South Berwyn.

Berwyn, a suburb about 11 miles west of Chicago, has the most sizable collection of Chicago-style bungalows in the country. “Chicago-style” means distinct features—they’re brick bungalows, rise up 1.5 stories above a basement, and have low-pitched roofs with overhangs. Typically, Chicago-style bungalows
• Measure approximately 1200 sq ft,
• Have generously large windows, which are sometimes stained glass, to let in as much light as possible
• Many have front steps leading up to a porch; others have an enclosed front room, with steps leading up the side of the house
• Compared to the Victorian homes they replaced, the floor plans, living rooms and dining rooms are more open and airy.

Berwyn’s bungalow district boasts approximately 1,300 single-family bungalows, over 1,000 of which are Chicago-style. Because most of these bungalows were built in the 1920s and 1930s when Chicago’s population was booming, the area earned a spot on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

Ogden Avenue is part of the "Historic Route 66" in Berwyn, and an annual Vintage Car Show has taken place in the city every year in early September since 1990. Ogden Avenue is closed to traffic from Ridgeland to Oak Park Avenue, and hundreds of car enthusiasts come out to celebrate the spirit of Route 66. In 2006, Berwyn began to host its annual art car parade called Cartopia. Art car artists from all over the country meet to show off their latest creations and then parade through the neighborhood.

Getting around
There is free street parking out front. You can walk, Uber or bus to just about any of the main attractions as this home is less than 12 miles from Downtown. It is within walking distance of the bus line. Easy access to I-290 and I-55. It is about 7.5 miles to the Chicago International Midway airport and 18.4 miles from O’Hare International Airport