Chicago · Cook County · IL
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Hemingway House.
- Active listings
- 1
- Median list
- $225K
- Avg time on market
- 3 days
- Sold · last year
- 5
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About the community
A full-service vintage high-rise across from Lincoln Park.
Hemingway House is a residential condominium high-rise at 1850 N Clark Street, at the seam of Old Town and Lincoln Park, directly across Clark Street from Lincoln Park and the free Lincoln Park Zoo. Built in the late 1960s to early 1970s and converted to condominiums in 1979, it is a large, full-service building of studios, one-bedrooms, and two-bedrooms that serves as one of the more attainable entry points into this stretch of the North Side. It is not the Ernest Hemingway birthplace museum in Oak Park, which is a separate property.
At a glance
Across from Lincoln Park
Directly across Clark Street from Lincoln Park and the free Lincoln Park Zoo, a short walk from North Avenue Beach.
Full-service building
24-hour door staff, on-site management and maintenance, and a 24-hour receiving room.
Pool and sundeck
A large heated outdoor pool, a sundeck with a gas grill, a party room, and a bike room.
All-inclusive assessment
The monthly assessment bundles heat, central air, water, cable, and internet, which is unusual and simplifies budgeting.
Studios to two-bedrooms
A vintage high-rise of 280 units, roughly 10 tiers per floor, weighted toward studios and one-bedrooms.
Chicago Public Schools
Served by CPS, with Lincoln Elementary and Lincoln Park High School the likely nearby assignments. Confirm by address.
Clark Street transit
The #22 Clark bus is at the door, with the CTA Sedgwick station on the Brown and Purple lines a walk west.
What’s close
Hemingway House sits at 1850 N Clark Street at the edge of Old Town and Lincoln Park, across from the park and the zoo.
- Building amenities
- 24-hour door staff, a heated outdoor pool and sundeck, a party room, bike room, storage, and a heated attached garage with an attendant.
- Parks and lakefront
- Directly across from Lincoln Park and the Lincoln Park Zoo, a short walk to North Avenue Beach and the lakefront trail.
- Transit
- The #22 Clark bus at the door, the CTA Sedgwick Brown and Purple line station a walk west, and Lake Shore Drive access minutes east.
- Shopping
- Old Town and Lincoln Park grocery and retail along Clark, Wells, and North Avenue.
- Schools
- Chicago Public Schools, with Lincoln Elementary and Lincoln Park High School the likely nearby assignments. Confirm by address with the CPS locator.
- Parking
- A heated attached garage with a 24-hour attendant; parking is leased for a fee rather than deeded to every unit.
What it’s actually like to live here
Hemingway House is for the buyer who wants a true Old Town and Lincoln Park address without a Lincoln Park price tag. You are across the street from one of the best urban parks in the country, the free zoo, and the lakefront, in a full-service building with a doorman, a heated pool, and a sundeck looking out over the greenery. For a first condo, a city pied-a-terre, or a right-sized move after a house, the combination of location and amenities is hard to match at this entry point.
The value comes with honest tradeoffs from the era. This is a late-1960s high-rise, so floor plans and finishes reflect their vintage unless a unit has been renovated, and rooms and closets are efficient rather than sprawling. The all-inclusive assessment is a genuine convenience, since heat, air conditioning, water, cable, and internet are bundled, but it means the monthly fee looks larger than a stripped-down building. As with any older tower, buyers should read the reserve study and ask about special-assessment history before committing.
Net, it is a practical, well-located, service-rich building where the money buys location, views, and convenience more than new-construction glamour. Parking is leased rather than guaranteed with every unit, so factor availability and cost into the math. For buyers who value being a short walk from the park, the beach, and the zoo, and who want predictable monthly living costs, it is one of the more compelling attainable options on this stretch of the North Side.
The questions buyers actually ask
Hemingway House FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Hemingway House. If yours isn't here, text 224-385-8779, same-day reply.
- What does the HOA actually cover?
- Hemingway House is known for an unusually inclusive monthly assessment, characteristic of a vintage full-service building. Listing sources indicate it covers heat, central air conditioning, water, basic cable, high-speed internet, the outdoor pool, bike room, storage, party room, on-site management, common insurance, and door staff, so the headline figure absorbs several utility bills. Property taxes are billed separately per unit. Confirm the current assessment, exactly what it includes, and reserve and special-assessment status with the association.
- What are property taxes like?
- Roughly $3,500 – $5,000 per year, depending on home size and value. Cook County assessor records are the source of truth. Happy to pull a specific bill on any home you're considering.
- What's the typical closing timeline?
- 45 to 90 days from accepted offer to keys. Cash deals can close in two weeks. Conventional financing is usually closer to 90.
- Is Hemingway House the same as the Ernest Hemingway museum?
- No. Hemingway House at 1850 N Clark is a residential condominium high-rise in Chicago. The Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum is a separate historic house in Oak Park, a different suburb. They share only a name.
- What kinds of units are in the building?
- Studios, one-bedrooms, and two-bedrooms, with layouts that reflect the building's late-1960s origins, so condition varies from original to fully renovated.
- What does the monthly assessment include?
- Listing sources indicate it is unusually inclusive: heat, central air, water, basic cable, internet, the pool, bike room, storage, party room, door staff, on-site management, and common insurance. That bundles several utility bills into one fee. Confirm the current amount and inclusions with the association before you buy.
- Is parking available?
- There is a heated attached garage with a 24-hour attendant, but parking is leased for a fee rather than automatically deeded to every unit. Confirm current availability and cost with the association or your agent.
- What is the neighborhood like and what is nearby?
- You are directly across from Lincoln Park, the Lincoln Park Zoo, and a short walk from the lakefront and North Avenue Beach, with Old Town shopping and dining close by. Clark Street bus service is at the door and Lake Shore Drive access is minutes away.
- How much do units cost and how is the market right now?
- Pricing and market pace move constantly. Rather than quote a stale number, check the live Market snapshot on this page for current listings, recent sales, and days on market in the building.
- Who is the real estate agent for Hemingway House?
- Joe Keegan is the local licensed Illinois real estate broker who covers Hemingway House in Chicago, IL through Subdiview, a neighborhood-first home search for the Chicago suburbs and collar counties. Joe prices and negotiates from the live MRED sold comps for Hemingway House specifically, not national averages, and can help you buy or sell here. Reach Joe at 224-385-8779 or joe@joekeeganhomes.com.
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Most agents will list anything. I focus on the places I actually know, and the things that move value here don't show up in the MLS write-up: which streets and buildings hold demand, what the HOA or assessments really cover, how the comps read once you account for condition and location, and where buyers consistently want to be.
When you're ready to tour or list, you want someone who has read the last 50 closed comps in this specific market, not a national average, and can tell you what they actually mean for your price. That's how I work. Text or call any time, and I'll give you a real take, not a brochure.
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Market snapshot
Hemingway House, by the numbers
Live MRED data, refreshed daily. The numbers below tell you what this market is doing today, not what Zillow's algorithm thinks it might be doing six weeks from now.
Typical list price
$225,000
Homes for sale right now
1
Avg time on market
3 days
Sold in the last year
5
This representation is based in whole or in part on data supplied by Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC for the period August 9, 2025 through August 9, 2026. Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC does not guarantee nor is it in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by Midwest Real Estate Data LLC may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.
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