THE RESIDENCE OF MR. & MRS. LOU G. KAILER, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS by J.D. Toloff

For this week's Toloff selection, we will return to the Architecture and Design Magazine from 1937 (Volume I, No. 2) featuring homes from the North Shore by J.D. Toloff, F.R.P.S.

This time we will offer photographs of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Lou G. Kailer, in Evanston, Illinois.

According to the 1940 Census, the Kailers lived at 2030 McDaniel Avenue in Evanston.  

Here's the front of the house again in 1937:

and here's how it looks today:

According to the Census, Mr. Kailer was an automobile dealer.  Further research shows that Louis G. Kailer was a co-founder of the Kailer-Youngquist Oldsmobile dealership, 4925 N. Broadway, in Chicago.

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