Strange Neighbors

So it turns out our street used to be home to one of the weirdest houses in Chicago. Directly across from our new home used to sit the “House of Crosses”, a home owned by a man named Mitch Szewczyk who began hanging crosses on his home in the late 70’s to ward off troublesome gang members. The cross worked in deterring the crime so he continued to add crosses to the exterior. He started dedicating each new cross to various deceased celebrities.

The house was a Weird Chicago landmark until Szewczyk died and the house was sold in 2007. The House of Crosses is sadly gone, but its memory loves on.

Szewczyk’s biggest regret upon his death bed was not finishing his King Kong cross. So we are toying with the idea of making one to put outside in the his honor.