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Edgewater, Chicago — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Edgewater is a community area of Chicago, known for Saint Ita Catholic Church and the Leather Archives and Museum.
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Where to stay in Edgewater
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Edgewater rewards a visitor on foot, its landmarks set within walking reach of one another. The scale is human. Anyone drawn to Saint Ita Catholic Church, the Leather Archives and Museum, or the streets around Colvin House can spend a full day here before heading back toward central Chicago, where the wider run of hotel rooms sits waiting.
About Edgewater
What are the main landmarks in Edgewater?
Edgewater holds a dense run of designated heritage for a Chicago community area. The list is long. Saint Ita Catholic Church and the Madonna Della Strada Chapel mark its worship architecture, the Episcopal Church of the Atonement and Parish House and Piper Hall carry its institutional past, and the Leather Archives and Museum gives the quarter a museum found nowhere else in the city.
What is the history of Edgewater?
Edgewater took shape as one of the residential community areas that extended the city of Chicago outward. Its buildings mark the phases. Saint Ita Catholic Church and the Episcopal Church of the Atonement and Parish House record early parish life, while houses such as Colvin House and Piper Hall trace the domestic and institutional layers a growing quarter added over the decades.
Where is Edgewater?
Edgewater lies within the city of Chicago, a community area gathered around Saint Ita Catholic Church and the Madonna Della Strada Chapel.
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Updated July 2026