"The premises herein described shall not be sold, conveyed or leased to, or occupied by, any person who is not a Caucasian (except servants of the owner or tenant) and in the event that the premises herein described shall be sold, conveyed or leased to, or occupied by any person who is not a Caucasian, this deed shall forthwith become null and void, and the property herein conveyed shall forthwith revert to the grantor, except that said condition of reverter shall not affect the validity of any mortgage that may hereafter be placed on any part or parts of the premises in the event of a breach thereof; it being the intention hereof of said condition of reverter shall be and remain in force and effect excepting that any reverter resulting because of a breach thereof shall be subjected to the prior rights of any mortgage and the indebtedness described in and secured thereby" (Source: Plat #13124707, Platbook 347, Page 24. Approved: August 9, 1943. Recorded: August 16, 1943. Expired: January 1, 1980)
Skokie, Madison St. Central Park Avenue Subdivision
"No person, of any race other than the Caucasian race, shall use or occupy any building erected in this subdivision; except however that this covenant shall not apply to domestic servants of another race, domiciled with an owner or tenant" (Source; Plat #13133365, Platbook 347, Page 32. Approved: June 24, 1943. Recorded: August 31, 1943. Expired: January 1, 1980)
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"No persons of any race other than Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant" (Source: Plat #13146931, Platbook 347, Page 43. Approved: July 1, 1943. Recorded: September 24, 1943. Expired: January 1, 1980)
"It is an express condition of this plat that the premises herein described shall not be conveyed or leased by the owners or any of the successors in title of the owners to any person who is not a Caucasian; that neither the premises herein described nor any improvements erected thereon shall be occupied by any person who is not a Caucasian; and that in the event the premises herein described shall be conveyed or leased by the owners or any of the successors in title of the owners to any person who is not a Caucasian, or in the event that said premises or any improvements erected thereon shall be occupied at any time by a person who is not a Caucasian: all deeds or conveyances from the owner or any successors in title to the owner shall forthwith become null and void, and the property herein described shall forthwith revert to the grantor, provided however, that such reversion shall be subject to any then existing encumbrances" (Source: Plat #987163, Platbook 346, Page 12. Approved: September 9, 1943. Recorded: September 14, 1943. Expired: January 1, 1969)
"The premises herein described shall not be sold, conveyed or leased to, or occupied by, any person who is not a Caucasian (except servants of the owner or tenant) and in the event that the premises herein described shall be sold, conveyed or leased to, or occupied by any person who is not a Caucasian, this deed shall forthwith become null and void, and the property herein conveyed shall forthwith revert to the grantor, except that said condition of reverter shall not affect the validity of any mortgage that may hereafter be placed in any part or parts of the premises in the event of a breach thereof; it being the intention hereof of said condition of reverter shall be and remain in force and effect excepting that any reverter resulting because of a breach thereof shall be subject to the prior rights of any mortgage and the indebtedness described in and secured thereby" (Source: Plat #13046723, Platbook 346. Page 30&31. Approved: March 19, 1943. Recorded: March 22, 1943. Expired: January 1, 1980)
Briggs, Wiegel and Kilgallen's Sacramento Gardens
"It is an express condition of this conveyance that the grantor herein may at its option (which option shall be exercised by filing notice thereof in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois) declare this deed to be and become null and void and the property herein described to forthwith thereafter revert to this grantor, in the event that said premises herein described shall be conveyed or leased by the grantee or any of the successors in title of the grantee to any person who is not a Caucasian or in the event the premises herein described or any improvements erected thereon shall be occupied by anyone who is not a Caucasian, except when such person be acting in the capacity of a servant for proper resident. This condition shall not be effective or operative as against any mortgage or mortgages or trust deed or trust deeds in the nature of a mortgage made by any grantee or any successor or successors in title of the grantee or of any remote grantee except and until any person or persons pursuant thereto or the rights thereunder shall acquire and become rested with the title of ownership of pursuant thereto or the rights thereunder shall acquire and become vested with the title of ownership of any lot or lots herein conveyed in which event the said condition shall apply and be and become effective" (Source: Plat #13060298, Platbook 346, Page 36. Approved: April 12, 1943. Recorded: April 16, 1943. Expired: January 1, 1969)
Briggs, Wiegel and Kilgallen's 6th Addition to Crawford Gardens
"It is an express condition of this conveyance that the grantor herein may at its option (which option shall be exercised by filing notice thereof in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois), declare this deed to be and become null and void and the property herein described to forthwith thereafter revert to this grantor, in the event that said premises herein described shall be conveyed or leased by the grantee or any of the successors in title of the grantee to any person who is not a Caucasian or in the event the premises herein described to any improvements erected thereon shall be occupied by anyone who is not a Caucasian, except when such person be acting in the capacity of a servant for proper resident. This condition shall not be effective or operative as against any mortgage or mortgages or trust deed or trust deeds in the nature of a mortgage made by any grantee or any successor or successors in title of the grantee or of any remote grantee except and until any person or persons pursuant thereto or the rights thereunder shall acquire and become vested with the title of ownership of any lot or lots herein conveyed in which event the said condition shall apply and be and become effective" (Source: Plat #12924608, Platbook 344. Page 6. Approved: July 8, 1942. Recorded: July 13, 1942. Expired: January 1, 1968)
"A condition in language as follows: It is an express condition that no part of the real estate herein described shall ever be conveyed or leased to any person who is not Caucasian; provided that Caucasians while using or occupying said real estate, may suffer persons not Caucasians who are employed by them as domestic servants to be upon and about said real estate during such employment, if said real estate or any part thereof shall at any time be conveyed or leased to any person who is not a Caucasian, or shall at any time be conveyed or leased to any person who is not a Caucasian, or shall at any time be used or occupied by any person who is not a Caucasian (except within the proviso aforesaid) then and in any such event all said real estate and all estate and interest therein shall forthwith revert to the grantor who may thereupon re-enter upon and enjoy the same as before the making of any conveyance, provided however, that any such reverter at any time occuring shall be subject and subordinate to any trust deeds or mortgage liens theretofore placedon the said real estate, but that any title to the said real estate acquired through foreclosure or by conveyance in lieu of foreclosure of any such trust deed or mortgage liens shall be subject to the forgoing conditions of reverter for any beach thereof thereafter occuring." (Source: Plat 12886830, Platbook 343. Page 22. Approved: February 9, 1942. Recorded: May 5, 1942. Expired: January 1, 1969) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
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"A condition in language as follows: It is an express condition that no part of the real estate herein described shall ever be conveyed or leased to any person who is not Caucasian; provided that Caucasians while using or occupying said real estate, may suffer persons not Caucasians who are employed by them as domestic servants to be upon and about said real estate during such employment, if said real estate or any part thereof shall at any time be conveyed or leased to any person who is not a Caucasian, or shall at any time be conveyed or leased to any person who is not a Caucasian, or shall at any time be used or occupied by any person who is not a Caucasian (except within the proviso aforesaid) then and in any such event all said real estate and all estate and interest therein shall forthwith revert to the grantor who may thereupon re-enter upon and enjoy the same as before the making of any conveyance, provided however, that any such reverter at any time occurring shall be subject and subordinate to any trust deeds or mortgage liens theretofore placedon the said real estate, but that any title to the said real estate acquired thru foreclosure or by conveyance in lieu of foreclosure of any such trust deed or mortgage liens shall be subject to the forgoing conditions of reverter for any breach thereof thereafter occurring." (Source: Plat #12886831, Platbook 343, Page 23. Recorded: May 5, 1942. Expired: January 1, 1980)
"A condition in language as follows: It is an express condition that no part of the real estate herein described shall ever be conveyed or leased to any person who is not Caucasian; provided that Caucasians while using or occupying said real estate, may suffer persons not Caucasians who are employed by them as domestic servants to be upon and about said real estate during such employment, if said real estate or any part thereof shall at any time be conveyed or leased to any person who is not a Caucasian, or shall at any time be conveyed or leased to any person who is not a Caucasian, or shall at any time be used or occupied by any person who is not a Caucasian (except within the proviso aforesaid) then and in any such event all said real estate and all estate and interest therein shall forthwith revert to the grantor who may thereupon re-enter upon and enjoy the same as before the making of any conveyance, provided however, that any such reverter at any time occuring shall be subject and subordinate to any trust deeds or mortgage liens theretofore placedon the said real estate, but that any title to the said real estate acquired thru foreclosure or by conveyance in lieu of foreclosure of any such trust deed or mortgage liens shall be subject to the forgoing conditions of reverter for any breach thereof thereafter occurring" (Source: Plat #12886832, Platbook 343, Page 24. Recorded: May 5, 1942. Expired: January 1, 1980)
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Joseph J. Hansen's Concord Lane Subdivision
"All lots in this subdivision (except lots 1,2,3, and 4) are hereby restricted to single family residences and that said premises shall not be conveyed or leased to any occupied by any person who is not a Caucasian, except servants." (Source: Plat #12893105, Platbook 343, Page 26. Approved: July 1, 1941. Recorded: May 15, 1942. Expired: January 1, 1980) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
"No persons of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any buildings or any lo, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race, domiciled with an owner or tenant" (Source: Plat #12901806, Platbook 343, Page 41. Approved: May 4, 1924. Recorded: June 1, 1942. Expired: January 1, 1980)
"No premises or lots in said subdivision shall be sold or leased to, or occupied by a person or persons other than of the Caucasian race" (Source: Plat #12840797, Platbook 342, Page 29. Approved: December 16, 1941. Recorded: February 13, 1942. Expired: January 1, 1980)
The Complete House Addition to Lincolnwood First Addition
"No lot or lots in this subdivision or any interest, therein may at any time hereafter be sold, conveyed or leased or transferred, by grantee or grantees or by any successor or successors in title of a grantee or grantees, either voluntarily or by operation of law, to any person who is not a caucasian nor may any lot or lots in this subdivision, or any improvement or improvements, erected thereon or anytime hereafter, be occupied in while or in part by any person who is not a caucasian, excepting however personas employed as servants by caucasian residing on said premises." (Source: Plat #12756133, Platbook 341, Page 2. Approved: April 18, 1941. Recorded: September 13, 1941. Expired: January 1, 1966) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
"No conveyance contract or lease is to be made to or with any person not of the Caucasian race." (Source: Plat #12755597, Platbook 341, Page 7. Approved: July 28, 1941. Recorded: September 12, 1941, Expired: January 1, 1965) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
"No persons of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant" (Source: Plat #12803539, Platbook 341, Page 36. Approved: November 15, 1941. Recorded: December 2, 1941. Expired: January 1, 1980)
"Said lots shall never be sold, leased or conveyed or rented to any person not of the white or Caucasian race, nor shall said parcels ever be used or occupied by any such person except such as may be serving as domestics for the owner or tenant of said lots which said owner or tenant is residing thereon." (Source: Plat #12756132, Platbook 340, Page 40. Approved: August 27, 1941. Recorded: September 13, 1941. Expired: January 1, 1980) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
No persons of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any buildings or any lot, except of this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant. (Source: Plat #12755271, Platbook 340, Page 44. Approved: September 2, 1941. Recorded: September 11, 1941. Expired: January 1, 1980) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
"No persons of any other race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any buildings or any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant." (Source: Plat #12755272, Platbook 340, Page 45. Approved: September 2, 1941. Recorded: September 11, 1941. Expired: January 1, 1980)
"This property shall not be sold to, nor occupied by any other than a Caucasian" (Source: Plat #12677323, Platbook 339, Page 1. Approved: May 8, 1941. Recorded: May 9, 1941. Expired: January 1, 1980).
"The premises herein described shall not be sold, conveyed or leased to, or occupied by, any person who is not a Caucasian (except servants of the owner or tenant(, and in the event that the premises herein described shall be sold, conveyed or leased to, or occupied by any person who is not a Caucasian, this deed shall forthwith become null and void, and the property herein conveyed shall forthwith revert to the grantor, except that said condition of reverter shall not affect the validity of any mortgage that may hereafter be placed on any part or parts of the premises in the event of a breach thereof, it being the intention, hereof of said condition of reverter shall be and remain in force and effect excepting that any reverter resulting because of a breach thereof shall be subject to the prior rights of any mortgage and the indebtedness described in and secured thereby." (Source: Plat #12693538, Platbook 339, Page 27. Approved: March 27, 1941. Recorded: June 3, 1941. Expired: January 1, 1967)
"No lots in said subdivision shall be sold to any but persons of the Caucasian race nor shall any portion of any premises be sold, sublet or leased to or by any but persons of the Caucasian race." (Source: Plat #12636079, Platbook 338, Page 1. Approved: February 4, 1941. Recorded: March 8, 1941. Expired: January 1, 1980)
"No persons of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant " (Source: Plat #12654824, Platbook 338, Page 18. Approved: February 18, 1941. Recorded: April 7, 1941. Expired: January 1, 1980)
"No persons of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant." (Source: Plat #12657684, Platbook 338, Page 31. Approved: April 3, 1941. Recorded: April 11, 1941. Expired: January 1, 1980)
Cowing Bro's 2nd Addition to Homewood IL.
"No sale or lease shall be made to any persons other than a Caucasian nor shall any person not a Caucasian be permitted to use or occupy any building on any lot described herein except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants employed by an owner or tenant." (Source: Plat #12624019, Platbook 337, Page 35. Approved: October 19, 1940. Recorded: February 14, 1941. Expired: September 1, 1965) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
Plat of Resubdivision: Lots 1-8 incl. Block 7 in Homestead Addn. To Washington Heights
"That no lot or any building shall be sold or leased or occupied by anyone who is not a Caucasian (except servants)" (Source: Plat #12626409, Platbook 337, Page 39. Approved: February, 1941. Recorded: February 19, 1941. Expired: January 1, 1980) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
Smith & Dawson Fifth Addition to Country Club Acres Prospect Heights IL.
"No persons of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant" (Source: Plat #12582196, Platbook 336, Page 24&25. Approved: September 14, 1940. Recorded: November 20, 1940. Expired: January 1, 1966)
"No persons of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant." (Source: Plat #12586204, Platbook 336, Page 28. Approved: November 12, 1940. Recorded: November 29, 1940. Expired: January 1, 1980)
"No lot or lots in this subdivision or any interest herein may at any time hereafter be sold, conveyed, leased or transferred by a grantee or grantees or any successor in the title of a grantee or grantees; either voluntary or by operation of law to any person who is not a Caucasian, nor may any lot or lots in this subdivision or any improvement or improvements erected thereon, at any time hereafter be occupied, in whole or in part by any person who is not a Caucasian (excepting however persons employed as servants residing on said premises)" (Source: Plat #12531462, Platbook 335, Page 23. Approved: July 13, 1940. Recorded: August 16, 1940. Expired: January 1, 1980)
"This property shall not be sold, leased to, or occupied by any other than a Caucasian" (Source: Plat #12562325, Platbook 335, Page 36. Approved: September 24, 1940. Recorded: October 14, 1940. Expired: January 1, 1980)