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Home Phyllis Wheatley Home – 2021 Most Endangered Phyllis Wheatley Home, 5128 S. Michigan Avenue, by Frederick B. Townsend, built in 1896. Photo Credit: Mary Lu Seidel / Preservation Chicago

Phyllis Wheatley Home, 5128 S. Michigan Avenue, by Frederick B. Townsend, built in 1896. Photo Credit: Mary Lu Seidel / Preservation Chicago

Phyllis Wheatley Home, 5128 S. Michigan Avenue, by Frederick B. Townsend, built in 1896. Photo Credit: Mary Lu Seidel / Preservation Chicago

Phyllis Wheatley frontispiece by Scipio Moorhead, Courtesy Chicago History Museum
Phyllis Wheatley Home, 5128 S. Michigan Avenue, by Frederick B. Townsend, built in 1896. Photo Credit: Serhii Chrucky