Gustavus Swift was one of Chicago’s great meat-packing barons who had this house built in 1898 by Flanders & Zimmerman. The house features sweeping verandas at each corner on the third floor a terra cotta lion with a shield that has a huge S on it.

Gustavus Swift was one of Chicago’s great meat-packing barons who had this house built in 1898 by Flanders & Zimmerman. The house features sweeping verandas at each corner on the third floor a terra cotta lion with a shield that has a huge S on it.