After the Great Chicago Fire , the City of Chicago adopted stronger building codes , and developers built beyond the city limits &mdash; including in the area now known as Fuller Park , which was then part of the Town of Lake . As a result , Fuller Park 's population increased . Several buildings in the neighborhood date back to this period , including 1870s frame houses located at 4463 South Wells and 4233 South Princeton . According to the '' Chicago Encyclopedia '' , " in the mid-1880s , Chicago architect Henry Newhouse designed and built a series of modest Queen Anne – style houses at 5029 – 5045 S. Princeton . " In the 1890s , German and Austrian immigrants moved to the neighborhood ; African Americans began to do the same after the turn of the century . By 1920 , Irish and Germans immigrants had largely been replaced with African Americans , Mexicans , and Slavs
Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
Fuller Park, Chicago