HR0387 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, On June 2, 1910, Mrs. V.H. Sweinnhart paid $16.90 for Chicago Building Permit #21227 to build at 714 W. Sheridan Road (formerly 714 and 716), a six-unit apartment building which was to cost $36,000; and

WHEREAS, The building was designed by architect Emery Stanford Hall and constructed by the firm of Marquardt and Brunke; and

WHEREAS, The building, which shows the influence of Prairie Style architecture created in the Chicago area and popular in the first decade of the last century, and boasts flamboyant corner balconies and a Japanese-style double-hipped green tile roof, was occupied by 1911; and

WHEREAS, The general partners of 714 Sheridan Venture, an Illinois general partnership and the Developer of Vermillion Condominium, intending to submit the property to the provisions of the Illinois Condominium Property Act, executed that certain Declaration of Condominium Pursuant to the Condominium Property Act on July 24, 1980, which Declaration was duly acknowledged and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois, on July 29, 1980, as Document No. 25529858; and

WHEREAS, Prior to the first annual meeting of Unit Owners in 1986, the Developer caused the formation of the Vermillion Condominium Association as an Illinois not-for-profit corporation on June 5, 1986; and

WHEREAS, The Vermillion Condominium Building has now provided comfortable residences for Chicagoans for a century; and

WHEREAS, The building has undergone important renovation and beautification projects in the past 2 years in preparation for its centenary, including extensive landscaping, the addition of period-appropriate lampposts, and the restoration of the terra-cotta arch above the front door, all of which also serve to beautify the street and East Lakeview; and

WHEREAS, The residents of the Vermillion Condominium Building, known as "Vermillionaires," have happily maintained a warm sense of community and cooperation among themselves and with their neighbors in East Lakeview; and

WHEREAS, The current Vermillionaires, keeping that spirit of community alive, have invited past residents to return to their former building to join the celebration of the centenary of 714 W. Sheridan Road on July 24, 2011, the 31st anniversary of the declaration of the building as a condominium; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the Vermillion Condominium Building and its residents, past and present, for their enrichment of the community and aesthetic life of East Lakeview, Chicago, and we encourage them to continue to do so as this historical building enters its second century; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the residents of the Vermillion Condominium Building as a symbol of our respect and esteem.