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Tenement housing in Chicago. Tenement housing in Chicago was established in the late 19th and into the early 20th centuries. [1] A majority of tenement complexes in Chicago were constructed in the interest of using land space and boosting the economy. These tenements were built quite tall, often exceeding 3 stories, to accommodate as many low ...
There are 105 sites on the National Register of Historic Places listings in South Side Chicago — of more than 350 total listings within the City of Chicago, in Cook County, Illinois. The South Side district is defined for this article as the area west of Lake Michigan, and south of 26th Street and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, to the ...
The first sites in Chicago to be listed were four listed on October 15, 1966, when the National Register was created by the National Park Service: the settlement house Hull House, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Frederick C. Robie House, the Lorado Taft Midway Studios, and the site of First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction. The NPS first ...
05000108 [1] Added to NRHP. February 28, 2005. The Garden Homes Historic District is a residential historic district located in the Chatham neighborhood of the South Side, Chicago, Illinois. The district includes 152 residential buildings, 88 of which are contributing buildings, built in 1919-20 as Chicago's first large housing project.
Seth Warner House. Ida B. Wells-Barnett House. West Burton Place Historic District. Wheeler–Kohn House. Daniel Hale Williams House. Categories: Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Cook County, Illinois. Houses in Chicago. Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago.
316 Randolph St. 41°53′04″N 87°50′14″W / 41.884422°N 87.837150°W / 41.884422; -87.837150 (Baptist Retirement Home) Maywood. 10. Barrington Historic District. Barrington Historic District. May 16, 1986. (#86001047) Roughly bounded by Chicago & Northwestern RR, S. Spring and Grove Sts., E. Hillside and W. Coolidge, and ...
3600 N. Halsted Street. 41°56′51″N 87°38′58″W / 41.9474433°N 87.6495186°W / 41.9474433; -87.6495186 (42nd Precinct Police Station) Lake View. Former Chicago Police Station and Lake View Town Hall. 2. Alta Vista Terrace Historic District. Alta Vista Terrace Historic District. More images. March 16, 1972.
Burling Row House District. Coordinates: 41.9229°N 87.6472°W. Burling Street Row Houses. The Burling Row House District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The district was built in the post- Chicago Fire year of 1875 by Edward J. Burling. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on November 15, 2000.