William Waller House is a historic house located at 1012 N. Dearborn St. in the Near North Side neighborhood of Chicago , Illinois . The home was built in 1875 &ndash; 76 , shortly after the Great Chicago Fire , during the development of Chicago 's prosperous Gold Coast district . The house 's Italianate design features a stone exterior , a double bay front , a bracketed and ornamented cornice , arched windows , and decorative keystones . Though Italianate rowhouses are still common in the Near North Side , freestanding Italianate homes are relatively rare , and the Waller House is one of the best-preserved examples of these homes
Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
William Waller House