Custom Home of the Year
Lincoln Park Residence, Chicago
This year’s Custom Home of the Year was nearly a century and a half
in the making. Once the barn and storefront of an in-town dairy, the
original structures were built in the 1870s and early 1900s. When
builders Jake Goldberg and Jeff Berry first toured the complex, “the
masonry was in such disrepair, it was actually dangerous,” Berry says.
But its generous size, historic character, and prime location made the
property a compelling subject for reuse as an urban residence that, said
our judges, “lacks nothing.”
