Whitney Terrace Local Historic District

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Site Description

The Whitney Terrace Subdivision consists of six Tudor residences designed by Joliet architect Sirhan Seran, surrounding a landscaped common area and built between 1923 and 1929.  The enclave is the only one of its kind known in Joliet.  Although modern subdivisions have common areas owned jointly by all homeowners, they are invariably built well outside the developed core of a city, and their houses are usually limited to two or three designs.  Whitney Terrace is unique because of its age, small size, location in a well-established urban area and adjacent to the University of St. Francis, and its individually distinctive residences.  The six parcels comprising the subdivision are described as follows.