Morgan Park, Mt. Greenwood

Like the Beverly neighborhood immediately to the north, Morgan Park is a treasure chest of historic, architecturally distinguished homes. Frank Lloyd Wright designed homes near 105th Street and Hoyne Avenue. His pupil, Walter Burley Griffin, designer of the Australian capital of Canberra, is represented by more than a dozen homes, with the greatest concentration on 104th Place (renamed Walter Burley Griffin Place) and Wood Street.

The Beverly Arts Center at 111th Street and Western Avenue presents contemporary art exhibitions, visual and performing art classes and a dynamic performing arts series.

Just to the west, the newer Mount Greenwood neighborhood juts into the surrounding suburbs. Largely developed after 1930, it contained Chicago’s last farm, which is now the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences.

Read, Learn, Discover at the Chicago Public Library. Search programming and event information at your neighborhood branch (Mt. Greenwood, Walker).