Austin, Chicago

The Laramie State Bank Building is an Art Deco building at 5200 W. Chicago Avenue, in Chicago's Austin community. It was designed by architects Meyer & Cook and was built in 1928. The terracotta ornamentation was produced by the Northwestern Terra Cotta Company. It is a Chicago Landmark.

The Seth Warner House is a historic house located at 631 N. Central Avenue in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1869 by businessman Seth Warner, the house is the oldest remaining in Austin. The house was designed in the Tuscan Villa Italianate style and includes a verandah on the rear side, a bracketed cornice, and a cupola atop the roof. In 1924, George Haskell and his wife converted the house into the Austin Conservatory of Music, which later became the Austin College of Music. Violinist Paul Vernon merged his Austin Academy of Fine Arts with the College of Music in 1934, and the house served as a neighborhood arts center until 1979.The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 1982.

The Hitchcock House is a house at 5704 W. Ohio Street in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1871 for Charles Hitchcock. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on July 7, 1992.

Austin Town Hall Park is a park at 5610 W. Lake Street in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The site was formerly used for the town hall of Cicero Township. The Austin subdivision of Cicero was annexed to the City of Chicago in 1899, and the town hall site eventually became part of the Chicago Park District. The park's fieldhouse, designed by Michaelsen and Rognstad in the 1920s, is influenced largely by Philadelphia's Independence Hall.The Austin Town Hall Park Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

Laramie is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Green Line and the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. It opened on April 29, 1894, as a terminus of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad. Going eastbound, Laramie is the first station above Lake Street; the line follows an elevated embankment to Harlem/Lake and transitions from an elevated structure to the embankment immediately to the west of the station.

Central is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system and is located at 350 North Central Avenue in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West side.

First Congregational Church of Austin, also known as Greater Holy Temple of God in Christ, is a historic church at 5701 West Midway Place in Chicago, Illinois. The church was built in 1905 for a Congregational assembly; it was later used by Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, and Church of God in Christ congregations. A Chicago building permit was issued on August 15, 1905 according to the Chicago Tribune of August 16, 1905. Architect William Eugene Drummond, a student of Louis Sullivan and a sometime employee of Frank Lloyd Wright, designed the church in the Prairie School style; it is an unusual example of a Prairie School church and influenced Wright's Unity Temple which was designed after the original church burned on June 4, 1905. The one-story building consists of a tall central section with massive piers and a smaller section to either side. The entrance is recessed in the base of the central section; the doorway features lintels and posts that continue the building's rectilinear emphasis. Leaded glass windows are recessed in the spaces between the central section's piers.The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 1977.

The Marie Schock House is a Shingle Style house at 5749 West Race Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1888 by Fredrick R. Schock for his mother Marie Schock. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on January 20, 1999.

The Four Houses by Architect Frederick Schock are Queen Anne and Shingle styles houses located at 5749 & 5804 West Race Avenue and 5804 & 5810 West Midway Park in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The houses were built between 1886 and 1892 by Frederick R. Schock. They were designated Chicago Landmarks on January 20, 1999.

The Schlect House is a Shingle Style house at 5804 West Race Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1887 by Fredrick R. Schlock for his aunt Catherine Schlect. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on January 20, 1999.

The F. R. Schock House is a Queen Anne style house at 5804 West Midway Park in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1886 by Fredrick R. Schock for himself. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on January 20, 1999.

The Beeson House and Coach House is a Queen Anne style house located at 5810 West Midway Park in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1892 by Fredrick R. Schock for Fredrick Beeson. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on January 20, 1999.