From a humble home in Chicago to a legacy of magic that inspires the world, the Walt Disney Birthplace, in Chicago's Hermosa neighborhood at 2156 N. Tripp Ave., marks the beginning of Walt Disney ...

Elias Disney, Walt’s father, purchased the property at 2156 N. Tripp Ave. in 1891. The following year he got a permit to build the two-story wood cottage for $800, and Flora, Walt’s mother ...

Walt Disney founded what is now known as the Walt Disney Company with brother Roy in 1923. He died at age 65 on Dec. 15, 1966 from lack of blood flow as a result of his lung cancer.