"The premises herein described shall not be sold, conveyed or leased to, or occupied by, any person who is not a Caucasian (except servants of the owner or tenant) and in the event that the premises herein described shall be sold, conveyed or leased to, or occupied by any person who is not a Caucasian, this deed shall forthwith become null and void, and the property herein conveyed shall forthwith revert to the grantor, except that said condition of reverter shall not affect the validity of any mortgage that may hereafter be placed on any part or parts of the premises in the event of a breach thereof; it being the intention hereof of said condition of reverter shall be and remain in force and effect excepting that any reverter resulting because of a breach thereof shall be subjected to the prior rights of any mortgage and the indebtedness described in and secured thereby" (Source: Plat #13096508, Platbook 347, Pages 2,3. Approved: June 21, 1943. Recorded: June 23, 1943. Expired: January 1, 1980)
"It is an express condition of this path that the premises herein described shall not be conveyed or leased by the owners or any of the successors in title of the owners to any person who is not a Caucasian; that neither the premises herein described nor any improvements erected thereon shall be occupied by any person who is not a Caucasian; and that in the event on the premises herein described shall be conveyed or leased by the owners or any of the successors in title of the owners to any person who is not a Caucasian, or in the event that said premises or any improvements erected thereon shall be occupied by any time by a person who is not a Caucasian, all deeds or conveyances from the owner or any successor in title to the owner shall forthwith become null and void and the property herein described shall forthwith revert to the grantor, his heirs or assigns, provided however, that such reversion shall be subjected to any then existing legal mortgage or trust deed and the indebtedness secured thereby." (Source: Plat #13190043, Platbook 348, Page 13. Approved: December 6, 1943. Recorded: December 8, 1943. Expired: January 1, 1969)
Smith and Dawson's Sixth Addition to Country Club Acres Prospect Heights, IL.
"No persons of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or part of this subdivision, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant." (Source: Plat #13261439, Platbook 349, Page 25. Approved: January 4, 1944. Recorded: April 10, 1944. Expired: January 1, 1980)
"The premises herein described shall not be said, conveyed or leased to, or occupied by, any person who is not a Caucasian (except servants of the owner or tenant) and in this event, that the premises hereindescribed shall be sold, conveyed, or leased to or occupied by any person who is not a Caucasian, this deed forthwith becomes null and void, and property herein conveyed shall forthwith revert to the grantor, except that said condition of reverter shall not affect the validity of any mortgage that may hereafter be placed on any part or parts thereof on the premises in the event of a breach thereof, it being the intention hereof of said condition of reverter shall be and remain in force and effect excepting that any reverter resulting because of a breach thereof shall be subject to the prior rights of any mortgage and the prior rights of any mortgage and the indebtness described in and secured thereby." (Source: Plat #13257394, Platbook 349, Page 24. Approved: March 22, 1944. Recorded: April 3, 1944. Expired: January 1, 1980) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
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Wiegel and Kilgallen's 8th addition to Crawford Gardens
"It is an express condition of this conveyance that the grantor herein may at its option (which option shall be exercised by filing notice thereof in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois) declare this deed to be and become null and void and the property herein described shall be conveyed or leased by the grantee or any of the successors in title of the grantee to any person who is not a Caucasian or in the event the residential lots herein described or any improvements erected thereon shall be occupied by anyone who is not a Caucasian, except when such person be acting in the capacity of a servant for proper resident. This condition shall not be effective or operative as against any mortgage or mortgages or trust deed or trust deeds in the nature of a mortgage made by any grantee or any successor or successors in title of the grantee or of any remote grantee except and until any person or persons persuant thereto or the rights thereunder shall acquire and become vested with the title or ownership of any residential lot or lots herein conveyed in which event the said condition shall apply and be and become effective." (Source: Plat #13393596, Platbook 351, Page 41. Approved: November 6, 1944. Recorded: November 9, 1944. Expired: January 1, 1980) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
"This property shall not be sold, given, leased, or conveyed to any person who is not Caucasian, and the occupancy of improvements on this property shall be limited (except domestic help) to a person or persons who are Caucasian." (Source: Plat #13395375, Platbook 351, Page 37. Approved: October 30, 1944. Recorded: November 13, 1944. Expired: January 1, 1980) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
Demographic Information Note: all demographic information below is from tract-level US Census data. Mobile device users: click and hold each chart/graph to open a bigger image in a new tab. 1950 Data Education Employment Occupancy by Race Ownership Race Types of Housing 1960 Data Education Employment Occupancy by Race Ownership Race Types of Housing 1970 Data Education Employment Occupancy Race Types of Housing 1980 Data Education Employment Occupancy Race Types of Housing
"No person of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with owner or tenant." (Source: Plat #13388820, Platbook 351, Page 33. Approved: September 9, 1944. Recorded: November 1, 1944. Expired: January 1, 1980)
Arlingdale being Harry J. Eckhardt's Subdivision
"The ownership and occupancy of the parts or parcels of land shall be restricted to the Caucasian race and no race or nationality other than for whom premises are intended shall use or occupy any dwelling on the premises except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by a domestic servant of a different race or nationality employed by owner or tenant." (Source: Plat #13343975, Platbook 351, Page 20. Approved: July 14, 1944. Recorded: August 23, 1944. Expired: January 1, 2018)
Town and Country Homes: Second Addition to Ivanhoe
No persons of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use, occupy or own any building or lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or a tenant. (Source: Plat #13339857, Platbook 351, Page 13. Approved: July 11, 1944. Recorded: August 16, 1944. Expired: January 1, 1980) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
Town and Country Homes: Third Addition to Ivanhoe
"No persons of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use, occupy or own any building or lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or a tenant." (Source: Plat #13436009, Platbook 352, Page 16. Approved: August 8, 1944. Recorded: January 24, 1945. Expired: January 1, 1980)
Town and Country Homes: Fourth Addition to Ivanhoe
"No persons of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use, occupy or own any building or lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or a tenant." (Source: Plat #13530647, Platbook 353, Page 50. Approved: June 8, 1945. Recorded: June 15, 1945. Expired: January 1, 1980)
Weigel and Kilgallen's First Addition to Kedzie Ave. Gardens.
"It is an express condition of this conveyance that the grantor herein may at its option (which option shall be exercised by filing notices thereof in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois) declare this deed to be and become null and void and the property herein described shall be conveyed or leased in the grantee or any of the successors in title of the grantee to any person who is not a Caucasian or in the event the residential lots herein described or any improvements erected thereon shall be occupied by anyone who is not a Caucasian, except when such person be acting in the capacity of a servant for a proper resident. This condition shall not be effective or operative as against any mortgage or mortgages or trust deed or trust deeds in the nature of any mortgage made by any grantee or any successor or successors in title of the grantee or of any remote grantee except and until any person or persons pursuant thereto or the rights thereunder shall acquire and become vested with the title of ownership of any residential lot or lots herein conveyed in which event the said condition shall apply and be become effective." (Source: Plat #13526545, Platbook 353, Page 42. Approved: May 2, 1945. Recorded: June 11, 1945. Expired: January 1, 2018)
"It is an express condition of this plat that the premises herein described shall not be conveyed or leased by the owners or any of the successors in title of the owners to any person who is not a Caucasian, that neither the premises hereon described nor any structure erected thereon shall be occupied by any person who is not a Caucasian and that in the event the premises herein described shall be conveyed or leased by the owner or any of the successors in title of the owners to any person who is not a Caucasian or in the event that said premises or any structure erected thereon shall be occupied at any time by any person who is not a Caucasian, all deeds and conveyances from the owner or any successor in the title to the owner shall forthwith become null and void and the property herein described shall forth with revert to the grantor provided however that such reversion shall be subjected to any then existing encumbrances." (Source: Plat #13525268, Platbook 353, Page 39. Approved: May 25, 1945. Recorded: June 8, 1945. Expired: January 1, 1980)
"The ownership and occupancy of the parts or parcels of land shall be restricted to the Caucasian race and no race or nationality other than for whom premises are intended shall use or occupy any dwelling on the premises except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by a domestic servant of a different race or nationality employed by owner or tenant." (Source: Plat #13525264, Platbook 353, Page 37. Approved: June 6, 1945. Recorded: June 6, 1945. Expired: January 1, 1980) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
"No tract of land in this subdivision shall be conveyed to, leased or occupied by any person not members of the Caucasian race, and this covenant shall be for the benefit of the title holders of the tracts contained in this subdivision, and run with the land within said subdivision." (Source: Plat #13506464, Platbook 353, Pages 20&21. Approved: May 14, 1945. Recorded: May 14, 1945. Expired: January 1, 1980) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
"No portion of this property shall ever be leased, given, rented, sold, or conveyed to any person who is not of the Caucasian race, nor shall the said property, or any portion thereof, nor any improvement thereon, be used or occupied by any person who is not of the Caucasian race; ALWAYS PROVIDED, however, that a breach of this covenant shall not cause the title to the property to revert to any prior title-holder." (Source: Plat #13650115, Platbook 355, Pages 46&47. Approved: October 11 1945. Recorded: October 31, 1945. January 1, 1980)
Wiegel & Kilgallen's Kedzie Avenue Gardens
"It's an express condition of this conveyance that the Grantor herein may at its option (which option shall be exercised by filing notice thereof in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County Illinois), declare this deed to be and become null and void and the property hereon described to forthwith thereafter revert to this grantor, in the event that said premises herein described shall be conveyed or leased by the grantee or any of the successors in title of the grantee to any person who is not a Caucasian or in the event the premises herein described or any improvements erected thereon shall be occupied by anyone who is not a Caucasian, except when such person be acting in the capacity of a servant for proper resident." (Source: Plat #13640834, Platbook 355, Page 35. Approved: October 25, 1945. Recorded: October 19, 1945. Expired: January 1, 1980) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
Town and Country Homes: Fifth addition to Ivanhoe
"No person of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use, occupy, or own any building or lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant." (Source: Plat #13613069, Platbook 355, Page 20. Approved: August 27, 1945. Recorded: October 1, 1945. Expired: January 1, 1980) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
Demographic Information Note: all demographic information below is from tract-level US Census data. Mobile device users: click and hold each chart/graph to open a bigger image in a new tab. 1950 Data Education Employment Occupancy by Race Ownership Race Types of Housing 1960 Data Education Employment Occupancy by Race Ownership Race 1970 Data Education Employment Occupancy Race Types of Housing 1980 Data Education Employment Occupancy Types of Housing
Grover C. Elmore and Co's Addition to Palos Park
"No lot in this subdivision may be sold or leased to any person who is not a Caucasian and no building erected on any lot in this subdivision may be occupied by any person not a Caucasian. The owners or occupants of any lot or building in this subdivision may be employed persons not Caucasian and such persons may be domiciled on the premises of the owner or occupants." (Source: Plat #14002474, Platbook 357, Page 19. Approved: February 6, 1946. Recorded: March 4, 1946. Expired: January 1, 1980)