This is a list of the locations where John Bellairs lived during his time in Illinois, covering both his time in Chicago (1959-63 and 1965-66) and Mount Carroll (1966-67).
Chicago[]
International House (Fall 1959-Spring 61)[]
International House of Chicago
Bellairs lived at the International House (or I-House) at the University of Chicago during his first year of graduate school (1959) until 1961. He may have returned to the I-House to live later in the 1960s.
Woodlawn Apartment (Summer 1961)[]
In January 1961, Dale Fitschen lived in an apartment on 56th Street with roommates John Drew, John Moriarty, and John Drew. These four lived there only for a quarter, before “John Moriarty found a bigger, better apartment on Woodlawn near 53rd Street.” That summer Bellairs moved into the Woodlawn apartment with Dale Fitschen, McFarlane, and Moriarty[1].
Unknown (Fall 1961)[]
It is unknown where Bellairs lived for the autumn and winter quarters of classes. Fitschens speculate he could have returned to International House or found a new roommate, Joe Ryan, and shared an apartment on 59th Street[1].
Spring 1962[]
Bellairs lives in apartment "across the Midway" with Joe Ryan, another Ph.D. candidate from Notre Dame[2].
Alpha Delta Phi House (Summer 1962)[]
Alpha Delta Phi House, Chicago
Bellairs and Bernard Markwell took rooms at the university's Alpha Delta Phi House in the summer of 1962.
1963-65[]
By late summer 1963, Bellairs left whatever housing he had in Chicago and moved to Winona, Minnesota, for two years.
Laughlin Hall[]
Bellairs first met soon-to-be friend Bernard Markwell in the Fall of 1960 at a meeting at this housing complex at 5519 South Blackstone Avenue. A few years later Bellairs would eventually move to the building to live[2]. It is unknown if he lived here before or after his tenure in Minnesota.
Bellevue Apartment (c.1966)[]
In the mid-1960s, after returning from Minnesota, Bellairs moved into an apartment at 100 East Bellevue Avenue[3], near the Newberry Library where friend Don Wilcox was doing research at the time[1]. It's unknown if he and John were roommates or just lived near each other.
Bellairs left Chicago to live and teach in Mount Carroll in September 1966.
Mount Carroll[]
McKee Hall[]
McKee Hall
- Main article: McKee Hall
McKee Hall was a dormitory on the Shimer College campus in Mount Carroll.
Reference[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Correspondence with Marilyn Fitschen.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Correspondence with Bernard Markwell (2003).
- ↑ University of Chicago Career Counseling and Placement booklet (Jul. 14, 1966).