Hawthorne Place Neighborhood Association Official Website

422 South Grand

The first photo is from 2002 and the next photo is from 2025.

422 S. Grand Avenue West

FIRST NOTED IN CITY DIRECTORY : 1934

1934 Mary Elbow

1949 Charles Nelson

1964 Robert Vespa

These are the most recent owners of 422 from a

county parcel search:

(1997) Dowd Sullivan

2022 – Greg Zessin

While there are earlier citations for this street number, it appears that the building did not exist before the mid-1940s. Above is an advertisement when the building went on sale. Courtesy of Illinois State Journal Registrar, November 1947