Chicago Landmark
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Chicago Landmark is a designation of the Mayor of Chicago
and the Chicago City Council
for historic buildings and other sites in Chicago
, Illinois
, United States
. Listed sites are selected after meeting a combination of criteria, including historical, economic, architectural, art
istic, cultural, and social
values
. Once a site is designated as a landmark, it is subject to the Chicago Landmarks Ordinance, which requires that any alterations beyond routine maintenance
, up to and including demolition
, must have their permit
reviewed by the Landmarks Commission
. Many Chicago Landmarks are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places
, providing federal tax support for preservation, and some are further designated National Historic Landmark
s, providing additional federal oversight.
to develop landmark recommendations in accordance with a 1968 Chicago city ordinance. The commission considers areas, districts
, places, building
s, structures
, works of art, and other objects within the City of Chicago for nomination based solely on whether each meets two or more of the following criteria:
Once the commission has determined that a candidate meets at least two of the above criteria, the group may provide a preliminary landmark designation if the candidate "has a significant historic, community, architectural or aesthetic interest or value, the integrity of which is preserved in light of its location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, and ability to express such historic, community, architectural or aesthetic interest or value."
movement
initially sought to ensure the survival of individual buildings of special significance. However, the movement has evolved to include districts and neighborhoods and even encompasses distinctive areas of the natural environment. Preservation is now an integral element of urban planning
and design. Three trends led to popular support of the formalization of the movement in response to extensive and far reaching destruction of Chicago's environment:
In 1957, Chicago City Council
5th ward Alderman
Leon Despres began the landmark preservation movement in Chicago, by adopting the Frank Lloyd Wright
Robie House
. This led to the formation of the City Landmarks Commission, who chose 39 buildings as "honorary" landmarks. That body evolved into the present Commission on Chicago Landmarks which was empowered by Despres's 1968 city ordinance to select and protect 12 important buildings as the inaugural official Chicago Landmarks. Although the movement was unable to save either Louis Sullivan
's Garrick Theater in 1960 or Sullivan's Chicago Stock Exchange Building in 1972, the efforts spawned the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois
in addition to the municipal Commission.
status by the United States Secretary of the Interior
for historical significance. All of those and a number of other districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places
. Not all Chicago Landmarks have been listed on the National Register, and not all Registered Historic Places (not even all of those that are further designated National Historic Landmarks) have been designated Chicago Landmarks. No Chicago Landmarks are classified as any other type of National Park System protected area including National Parks, National Monuments, or National Preserves
. The charts below detail these designations for the city of Chicago-designated sites and the National Historic Landmarks.
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Mayor of Chicago
The Mayor of Chicago is the chief executive of Chicago, Illinois, the third largest city in the United States. He or she is charged with directing city departments and agencies, and with the advice and consent of the Chicago City Council, appoints department and agency leaders.-Appointment...
and the Chicago City Council
Chicago City Council
The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Chicago in Illinois. It consists of 50 aldermen elected from 50 wards to serve four-year terms...
for historic buildings and other sites in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Listed sites are selected after meeting a combination of criteria, including historical, economic, architectural, art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
istic, cultural, and social
Social
The term social refers to a characteristic of living organisms...
values
Value (personal and cultural)
A personal or cultural value is an absolute or relative ethical value, the assumption of which can be the basis for ethical action. A value system is a set of consistent values and measures. A principle value is a foundation upon which other values and measures of integrity are based...
. Once a site is designated as a landmark, it is subject to the Chicago Landmarks Ordinance, which requires that any alterations beyond routine maintenance
Preventive maintenance
Preventive maintenance has the following meanings:#The care and servicing by personnel for the purpose of maintaining equipment and facilities in satisfactory operating condition by providing for systematic inspection, detection, and correction of incipient failures either before they occur or...
, up to and including demolition
Demolition
Demolition is the tearing-down of buildings and other structures, the opposite of construction. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for re-use....
, must have their permit
Construction permit
A construction permit or building permit is a permit required in most jurisdictions for new construction, or adding on to pre-existing structures, and in some cases for major renovations. Generally, the new construction must be inspected during construction and after completion to ensure compliance...
reviewed by the Landmarks Commission
Commission on Chicago Landmarks
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks, established in 1968 by a Chicago City Ordinance, is composed of nine members appointed by the Mayor and the Chicago City Council. It is responsible for presenting recommendations of individual buildings, sites, objects, or entire districts to be designated as...
. Many Chicago Landmarks are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
, providing federal tax support for preservation, and some are further designated National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...
s, providing additional federal oversight.
Criteria
The Mayor and the City Council appoint a nine member Commission on Chicago LandmarksCommission on Chicago Landmarks
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks, established in 1968 by a Chicago City Ordinance, is composed of nine members appointed by the Mayor and the Chicago City Council. It is responsible for presenting recommendations of individual buildings, sites, objects, or entire districts to be designated as...
to develop landmark recommendations in accordance with a 1968 Chicago city ordinance. The commission considers areas, districts
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
, places, building
Building
In architecture, construction, engineering, real estate development and technology the word building may refer to one of the following:...
s, structures
Nonbuilding structure
Nonbuilding structures, also referred to simply as structures, are those not designed for continuous human occupancy. The term is used by architects and structural engineers to distinctly identify structures that are not buildings....
, works of art, and other objects within the City of Chicago for nomination based solely on whether each meets two or more of the following criteria:
- Its value as an example of the architectural, cultural, economic, historic, social, or other aspect of the heritageCultural heritageCultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations...
of the City of Chicago, State of IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, or the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
; - Its location as a site of a significant historic event which may or may not have taken place within or involved the use of any existing improvements;
- Its identification with a person or persons who significantly contributed to architectural, cultural, economic, historic, social, or other aspect of the development of the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, or the United States;
- Its exemplification of an architectural type or styleArchitectural styleArchitectural styles classify architecture in terms of the use of form, techniques, materials, time period, region and other stylistic influences. It overlaps with, and emerges from the study of the evolution and history of architecture...
distinguished by innovationInnovationInnovation is the creation of better or more effective products, processes, technologies, or ideas that are accepted by markets, governments, and society...
, rarityScarcityScarcity is the fundamental economic problem of having humans who have unlimited wants and needs in a world of limited resources. It states that society has insufficient productive resources to fulfill all human wants and needs. Alternatively, scarcity implies that not all of society's goals can be...
, uniqueness, or overall quality of designDesignDesign as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
, detail, materialMaterialMaterial is anything made of matter, constituted of one or more substances. Wood, cement, hydrogen, air and water are all examples of materials. Sometimes the term "material" is used more narrowly to refer to substances or components with certain physical properties that are used as inputs to...
s or craftsmanship; - Its identification as the work of an architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
, designerDesignerA designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games and graphics, is referred to as a...
, engineerEngineerAn engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
, or builderGeneral contractorA general contractor is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of a construction site, management of vendors and trades, and communication of information to involved parties throughout the course of a building project.-Description:...
whose individual work is significant in the history or development of the City of Chicago, the State of Illinois, or the United States; - Its representation of an architectural, cultural, economic, historic, social, or other theme expressed through distinctive areas, districts, places, buildings, structures, works of art, or other objects that may or may not be contiguousContiguityA contiguity is a continuous mass, or a series of things in contact or proximity. In a different meaning, contiguity is the state of being contiguous...
; - Its unique location or distinctive physical appearance or presence representing an established and familiar visual feature of a neighborhood, communityCommunity areas of ChicagoCommunity areas in Chicago refers to the work of the Social Science Research Committee at University of Chicago which has unofficially divided the City of Chicago into 77 community areas. These areas are well-defined and static...
, or the City of Chicago.
Once the commission has determined that a candidate meets at least two of the above criteria, the group may provide a preliminary landmark designation if the candidate "has a significant historic, community, architectural or aesthetic interest or value, the integrity of which is preserved in light of its location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, and ability to express such historic, community, architectural or aesthetic interest or value."
History
In Chicago, the historic preservationHistoric preservation
Historic preservation is an endeavor that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance...
movement
Political movement
A political movement is a social movement in the area of politics. A political movement may be organized around a single issue or set of issues, or around a set of shared concerns of a social group...
initially sought to ensure the survival of individual buildings of special significance. However, the movement has evolved to include districts and neighborhoods and even encompasses distinctive areas of the natural environment. Preservation is now an integral element of urban planning
Urban planning
Urban planning incorporates areas such as economics, design, ecology, sociology, geography, law, political science, and statistics to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities....
and design. Three trends led to popular support of the formalization of the movement in response to extensive and far reaching destruction of Chicago's environment:
- government-sponsored “urban renewalUrban renewalUrban renewal is a program of land redevelopment in areas of moderate to high density urban land use. Renewal has had both successes and failures. Its modern incarnation began in the late 19th century in developed nations and experienced an intense phase in the late 1940s – under the rubric of...
”, which had resulted in destruction of some residential areas; - construction of high-speed, limited-access expresswaysLimited-access roadA limited-access road known by various terms worldwide, including limited-access highway, dual-carriageway and expressway, is a highway or arterial road for high-speed traffic which has many or most characteristics of a controlled-access highway , including limited or no access to adjacent...
financed largely by federal highwayUnited States Numbered HighwaysThe system of United States Numbered Highways is an integrated system of roads and highways in the United States numbered within a nationwide grid...
funds, which divided neighborhoods; and - the real estateReal estateIn general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
boomBoom and bustA credit boom-bust cycle is an episode characterized by a sustained increase in several economics indicators followed by a sharp and rapid contraction. Commonly the boom is driven by a rapid expansion of credit to the private sector accompanied with rising prices of commodities and stock market index...
in response to the demandSupply and demandSupply and demand is an economic model of price determination in a market. It concludes that in a competitive market, the unit price for a particular good will vary until it settles at a point where the quantity demanded by consumers will equal the quantity supplied by producers , resulting in an...
for increased office space in the Loop.
In 1957, Chicago City Council
Chicago City Council
The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Chicago in Illinois. It consists of 50 aldermen elected from 50 wards to serve four-year terms...
5th ward Alderman
Alderman
An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council member chosen by the elected members themselves rather than by popular vote, or a council...
Leon Despres began the landmark preservation movement in Chicago, by adopting the Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture...
Robie House
Robie House
The Frederick C. Robie House is a U.S. National Historic Landmark in the Chicago, Illinois neighborhood of Hyde Park at 5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue on the South Side. It was designed and built between 1908 and 1910 by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and is renowned as the greatest example of his Prairie...
. This led to the formation of the City Landmarks Commission, who chose 39 buildings as "honorary" landmarks. That body evolved into the present Commission on Chicago Landmarks which was empowered by Despres's 1968 city ordinance to select and protect 12 important buildings as the inaugural official Chicago Landmarks. Although the movement was unable to save either Louis Sullivan
Louis Sullivan
Louis Henri Sullivan was an American architect, and has been called the "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism" He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, was a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an...
's Garrick Theater in 1960 or Sullivan's Chicago Stock Exchange Building in 1972, the efforts spawned the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois
Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois
The Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois -- also known as Landmarks Illinois -- is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1971 to prevent the demolition of the Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan designed Chicago Stock Exchange Building...
in addition to the municipal Commission.
National recognition
Many landmarks have been designated with National Historic LandmarkNational Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...
status by the United States Secretary of the Interior
United States Secretary of the Interior
The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior.The US Department of the Interior should not be confused with the concept of Ministries of the Interior as used in other countries...
for historical significance. All of those and a number of other districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
. Not all Chicago Landmarks have been listed on the National Register, and not all Registered Historic Places (not even all of those that are further designated National Historic Landmarks) have been designated Chicago Landmarks. No Chicago Landmarks are classified as any other type of National Park System protected area including National Parks, National Monuments, or National Preserves
National preserve
National Preserve is a designation applied by the United States Congress to protected areas that have characteristics normally associated with U.S. National Parks but where certain activities not allowed in National Parks are permitted. These activities include public hunting, trapping, and oil...
. The charts below detail these designations for the city of Chicago-designated sites and the National Historic Landmarks.
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For consistency the list below uses the name from the Chicago Landmark website.| Chicago Landmark | Designation Date | Location | NHL Date | |
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| 300 West Adams Building | May 13, 2009 | 300 W. Adams Street | ||
| 333 North Michigan Building | February 7, 1997 | 333 N. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
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| 35 East Wacker Building | February 9, 1994 | 35 E. Wacker Drive Wacker Drive Wacker Drive is a major street in Chicago, Illinois, United States, running along the south side of the main branch and the east side of the south branch of the Chicago River... |
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| 63rd Street Bathing Pavilion | December 8, 2004 | Intersection of S. Lake Shore Drive Lake Shore Drive Lake Shore Drive is a mostly freeway-standard expressway running parallel with and alongside the shoreline of Lake Michigan through Chicago, Illinois, USA. Except for the portion north of Foster Avenue , Lake Shore Drive is designated as part of U.S... and E. 63rd Street |
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| 6901 Oglesby Cooperative Apartment Building | September 10, 2008 | 6901 S. Oglesby Avenue | ||
| 860-880 Lake Shore Drive | June 10, 1996 | 860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive Lake Shore Drive Lake Shore Drive is a mostly freeway-standard expressway running parallel with and alongside the shoreline of Lake Michigan through Chicago, Illinois, USA. Except for the portion north of Foster Avenue , Lake Shore Drive is designated as part of U.S... |
August 28, 1980 | |
| Dr. Wallace C. Abbott House | March 1, 2006 | 4605 N. Hermitage Avenue | ||
| Adams House William and Jessie M. Adams House The William and Jessie M. Adams House is a Prairie school style house located at 9326 South Pleasant Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built between 1900 to 1901 by Frank Lloyd Wright. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on June 16, 1994. This squarish two-story house with... |
June 16, 1994 | 9326 S. Pleasant Avenue | ||
| Allerton Hotel Allerton Hotel The Allerton Hotel is a 25-story 360 foot hotel skyscraper along the Magnificent Mile in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. It was the first building to feature pronounced setbacks and towers resulting from the 1923 zoning law... |
May 29, 1998 | 701 N. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
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| All Saints Church and Rectory (Ravenswood, Illinois) | December 27, 1982 | 4550 N. Hermitage Avenue | ||
| Alta Vista Terrace District Alta Vista Terrace District The Alta Vista Terrace District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois. The district was built in 1904 in imitation of the rowhouse style of London.... |
September 15, 1971 | 3800 block of N. Alta Vista Terrace (1050 W) | March 16, 1972 | |
| American Book Company Building | July 29, 2009 | 320 E. Cermak Road Cermak Road Cermak Road, formerly 22nd Street, is a major east-west artery on Chicago's south side and western suburbs. It is named for assassinated Chicago mayor Anton Cermak.-Points of interest:... /2132 S. Calumet Avenue |
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| American School of Correspondence American School of Correspondence The American School of Correspondence is a nationally accredited distance education high school founded in 1897. It is a pioneer in the field of home study. It has over two million graduates and annually serves about 40,000 students.-Program:... |
April 15, 1995 | 850 E. 58th Street | ||
| American System-Built Houses American System-Built Houses The American System-Built Homes were modest houses designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. They were developed between 1912 and 1916, to fulfill his interest in affordable housing. Wright was devoted to the idea of providing beautiful yet affordable homes to the public... |
July 13, 1994 | 10410 and 10541 S. Hoyne Avenue | ||
| Arlington and Roslyn Place District Arlington and Roslyn Place District The Arlington and Roslyn Place District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The district was built between 1894-1910 by various architects. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on November 15, 1989.-References:... |
November 15, 1989 | 400-blocks of W. Arlington Place and W. Roslyn Place, between N. Clark Street Clark Street (Chicago) Clark Street is a north-south street in Chicago, Illinois that runs close to the shore of Lake Michigan from the northern city boundary with Evanston, to 2200 South in the city street numbering system... and N. Lakeview Avenue |
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| Arlington-Deming District | September 27, 2007 | Predominantly 500- and 600-Blocks of W. Arlington Place, 500- and 600-Blocks of W. Deming Place, 2400-Block of N. Geneva Terrace; and 2400-Block of N. Orchard Street | ||
| Armitage-Halsted District Armitage-Halsted District The Armitage-Halsted District is a historic district in the Lincoln Park community area of Chicago, Illinois, USA. The district was built between 1870 to 1930 by various architects. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on February 5, 2003.-References:... |
February 5, 2003 | Predominately W. Armitage Avenue between N. Halsted Street Halsted Street Halsted Street is a major north-south street in the American city of Chicago, Illinois.-Location:In Chicago's grid system, Halsted street marks 800 West, one mile west of State Street, from Grace Street in Lakeview south to the city limits at the Little Calumet River in West Pullman... and N. Racine Avenue, and N. Halsted Street Halsted Street Halsted Street is a major north-south street in the American city of Chicago, Illinois.-Location:In Chicago's grid system, Halsted street marks 800 West, one mile west of State Street, from Grace Street in Lakeview south to the city limits at the Little Calumet River in West Pullman... between W. Armitage Avenue and W. Webster Street |
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| Assumption School Building | July 10, 2003 | 319 W. Erie Street | ||
| Astor Street District Astor Street District The Astor Street District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The district was built between 1880 to 1940 by various architects. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on December 19, 1975.-References:... |
December 19, 1975 | 1200-1600 blocks of N. Astor Street (and cross streets) | ||
| Auditorium Building | September 15, 1976 | 430 S. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... 41°52′32"N 87°38′55"W |
April 17, 1970 | May 15, 1975 |
| Emil Bach House Emil Bach House The Emil Bach House is a Prairie style house in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States that was designed by famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The house was built in 1915 for an admirer of Wright's work, Emil Bach. Bach was co-owner of the Bach Brick Company... |
September 28, 1977 | 7415 N. Sheridan Road Sheridan Road Sheridan Road is a major north-south thoroughfare that leads from Diversey Parkway in Chicago, Illinois, north to the Illinois-Wisconsin border and beyond to Racine. Throughout most of its run, it is the easternmost north-south through street, closest to Lake Michigan... 42°0′58"N 87°39′53"W |
January 23, 1979 | |
| Bachman House Bachman House The Bachman House is a house in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located at 1244 W. Carmen Ave. The house was built between 1947 and 1948 by Bruce Goff. Architect Bruce Goff created a neighborhood sensation in 1948, when he remodeled a modest wood house into the home and studio for... |
December 9, 1992 | 1244 W. Carmen Avenue | ||
| Beeson House and Coach House Beeson House and Coach House The Beeson House and Coach House is a Queen Anne style house located at 5801 West Midway Park in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1892 by Fredrick R. Schock for Fredrick Beeson. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on January 20, 1999.... |
January 20, 1999 | 5810 W. Midway Park | ||
| Belmont-Sheffield Trust and Savings Bank Building Belmont-Sheffield Trust and Savings Bank Building The Belmont-Sheffield Trust and Savings Bank Building is a six-story building built in 1928 at 1001 W. Belmont, Chicago, Illinois. The building was designed by architect John Nyden and is on the National Register of Historical Places... |
July 9, 2008 | 1001 W. Belmont Avenue Belmont Avenue (Chicago) Belmont Avenue is a major east-west street on the North Side of Chicago. Belmont is a central commercial street in Lakeview and, west of the North Branch of the Chicago River, Avondale... |
March 1, 1984 | |
| Beverly/Morgan Railroad District Beverly/Morgan Railroad District The Beverly/Morgan Railroad District is an historic district in the Beverly, Morgan Park, and Washington Heights community areas of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on April 15, 1995.... |
April 15, 1995 | W. 91st, 95th, 99th, 107th, 111th, and 115th Streets, along the Metra railroad line | ||
| Biograph Theater Biograph Theater The Biograph Theater, at 2433 North Lincoln Avenue, Lincoln Park in Chicago, Illinois, was originally a movie theater but now presents live productions. It is notable as the location where bank robber John Dillinger was shot by FBI agents after watching a gangster movie on July 22, 1934... |
March 28, 2001 | 2433-43 N. Lincoln Avenue Lincoln Avenue (Chicago) Lincoln Avenue is a major diagonal thoroughfare of the north side of city of Chicago. It runs from Clark Street on the western border of Lincoln Park largely to the northwest, ending in Morton Grove, Illinois... |
May 17, 1984 | |
| Bissell Street District | September 5, 2007 | 2100-Block of N. Bissell Street between W. Webster and W. Dickens Avenues | ||
| Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District or simply Bronzeville is a historic district in the Douglas community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It includes nine structures that were accorded the Chicago Landmark designation on September 9, 1998... |
September 9, 1998 | See external link | April 30, 1986 | |
| Blackstone Hotel Blackstone Hotel The Renaissance Blackstone Hotel is located on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Balbo Street in the Michigan Boulevard Historic District in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. This 21-story hotel was built from 1908 to 1910 and designed by Marshall and Fox. On May 29, 1998, the... |
May 29, 1998 | 636 S. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
May 8, 1986 | |
| Brewster Apartments Brewster Apartments The Brewster Apartments is a residential building in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Located at 2800 North Pine Grove Avenue, it was designed by the architect Enoch Hill Turnock and built in 1893... |
October 6, 1982 | 2800 N. Pine Grove Avenue | ||
| Brooks Building Brooks Building The Brooks Building in Chicago was built in 1909–1910 in the Chicago School architectural style. An early example steel-framed skyscraper, the structure was commissioned by Peter Brooks and Shepard Brooks and designed by architects Holabird & Roche. The building was designated a Chicago Landmark on... |
January 14, 1997 | 223 W. Jackson Boulevard | ||
| Gwendolyn Brooks House Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was an American poet. She was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968 and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1985.-Biography:... |
February 10, 2010 | 7428 S. Evans Avenue | ||
| Bryn Mawr Apartment Hotel Bryn Mawr Apartment Hotel The Bryn Mawr Apartment Hotel is 12-story a building of the Bryn Mawr Historic District in far-north neighborhood community of Edgewater in Chicago, Illinois. Located on North Kenmore Avenue, it is across the road from the Belle Shore Apartment Hotel. It was declared a historic Chicago Landmark by... Belle Shore Apartment Hotel Belle Shore Apartment Hotel The Belle Shore Apartment Hotel is a building of the Bryn Mawr Historic District in the far-north community area of Edgewater in Chicago, Illinois. Located on West Bryn Mawr Avenue, it is across the road from the Bryn Mawr Apartment Hotel. It was declared a historic Chicago Landmark by the Chicago... |
January 20, 1999 | 5550 N. Kenmore Avenue 1062 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue |
April 20, 1995 | |
| Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain and Garden Buckingham Fountain Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago landmark in the center of Grant Park. Dedicated in 1927, it is one of the largest fountains in the world. Built in a rococo wedding cake style and inspired by the Latona Fountain at the Palace of Versailles, it is meant to allegorically represent Lake Michigan... |
August 30, 2000 | Bounded by S. Lake Shore Drive Lake Shore Drive Lake Shore Drive is a mostly freeway-standard expressway running parallel with and alongside the shoreline of Lake Michigan through Chicago, Illinois, USA. Except for the portion north of Foster Avenue , Lake Shore Drive is designated as part of U.S... , E. Balbo Drive, S. Columbus Drive Columbus Drive (Chicago) Columbus Drive is a north-south street in Chicago, Illinois which bisects Grant Park. It is 254 E in Chicago's street numbering system. Its south end is an interchange with Lake Shore Drive at Soldier Field... and E. Jackson Drive |
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| Burling Row House District Burling Row House District The Burling Row House District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois, USA. 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.-References:... |
November 15, 2000 | 2225-2245 N. Burling Street | ||
| Bush Temple of Music Bush Temple of Music The Bush Temple of Music, at 100 West Chicago Avenue in Chicago, was built in 1901 as the headquarters and showroom of the Bush and Gerts Piano Company, one of Chicago’s leading piano companies. Designed by architect J.E.O... |
June 27, 2001 | 100 W. Chicago Avenue | ||
| Cable House Cable House The Cable House is a Richardsonian Romanesque–style house near Michigan Avenue, at 25 East Erie Street, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1886 by Cobb and Frost for Ransom R. Cable. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 2, 1991. In 1902 the house was purchased... |
October 2, 1991 | 25 E. Erie Street | ||
| Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool -Notes:... |
November 6, 2002 | north end of Lincoln Park Zoo Lincoln Park Zoo Lincoln Park Zoo is a free zoo located in Lincoln Park in Chicago, Illinois. The zoo was founded in 1868, making it one of the oldest zoos in the nation. The zoo is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums .... at W. Fullerton Parkway |
February 17, 2006 | February 17, 2006 |
| Calumet/Giles Prairie District Calumet/Giles Prairie District The Calumet/Giles Prairie District is a historic district in the South Side, Chicago community area of Chicago, Illinois, USA. The district was built between 1870 to 1910 by various architects. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on July 13, 1988.... |
July 13, 1988 | 3100-3500 blocks of S. Calumet, Giles and Prairie Avenue Prairie Avenue Prairie Avenue is a north–south thoroughfare on the South Side of Chicago, which historically extended from 16th Street in the Near South Side community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States, to the city's southern limits and beyond. The street has a rich history from its origins... s |
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| Calumet National Bank Building | July 9, 2008 | 9117 S. Commercial Avenue | ||
| Calumet Park Fieldhouse | October 4, 2006 | 9801 S. Avenue G | August 21, 2003 | |
| Canaan Baptist Church of Christ Building | July 26, 2006 | 6657-59 S. Harvard Avenue | ||
| Carbide and Carbon Building | May 9, 1996 | 230 N. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
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| Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building The Sullivan Center, formerly known as the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building or Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Store, is a commercial building at 1 South State Street at the corner of East Madison Street in Chicago, Illinois. It was designed by Louis Sullivan for the retail firm... |
November 5, 1970 | 1 S. State Street State Street (Chicago) State Street is a large south-north street in Chicago, Illinois, USA and its south suburbs. It begins on the Near North Side at North Avenue. For much of its course, it lies between Wabash Avenue on the east and Dearborn Street/Lafayette Avenue on the west... |
April 17, 1970 | May 15, 1975 |
| Cermak Road Bridge District | April 26, 2006 | Cermak Road Cermak Road Cermak Road, formerly 22nd Street, is a major east-west artery on Chicago's south side and western suburbs. It is named for assassinated Chicago mayor Anton Cermak.-Points of interest:... , predominantly between Grove and Jefferson Streets |
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| Chapin and Gore Building Chapin and Gore Building The Chapin and Gore Building, at 63 East Adams Street, was commissioned by Chapin and Gore, a liquor distilling firm, to combine warehouse and office spaces with a street level retail store and bar. Built in 1904 by one of the most progressive architectural firms of the early 20th century,... |
January 21, 1982 | 63 E. Adams Street | June 27, 1979 | |
| Charnley House | August 20, 1972 | 1365 N. Astor Street | April 17, 1970 | August 5, 1998 |
| Chess Records Office and Studio Chess Records Chess Records was an American record label based in Chicago, Illinois. It specialized in blues, R&B, soul, gospel music, early rock and roll, and occasional jazz releases.... |
May 16, 1990 | 2120 S. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
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| Chicago & Alton Railway Bridge | December 12, 2007 | East of Ashland Avenue and North of Archer Avenue, Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River Chicago River The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of that runs through the city of the same name, including its center . Though not especially long, the river is notable for being the reason why Chicago became an important location, as the link between the Great Lakes and... |
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| Chicago & Illinois Western Railway Bridge | December 12, 2007 | 33rd Street and East of Kedzie Avenue, Slip of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, is the only shipping link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system, by way of the Illinois and Des Plaines Rivers... . |
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| Chicago & North Western Railway Powerhouse | January 11, 2006 | 211 N. Clinton Street | October 12, 2004 | |
| Chicago & Northwestern Railway Bridge Kinzie Street railroad bridge The Chicago and North Western Railway's Kinzie Street railroad bridge is a single leaf bascule bridge across the north branch of the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois. At the time of its opening in 1908 it was the world's longest and heaviest bascule bridge... |
December 12, 2007 | South of Kinzie Street and East of Canal Street, North Branch of the Chicago River Chicago River The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of that runs through the city of the same name, including its center . Though not especially long, the river is notable for being the reason why Chicago became an important location, as the link between the Great Lakes and... |
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| Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Bridge | December 12, 2007 | North of 126th Street and East of Torrence Avenue, Calumet River Calumet River The Calumet River refers to a system of heavily industrialized rivers and canals in the region between the neighborhood of South Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, and the city of Gary, Indiana.-Background:... |
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| Chicago Bee Building Chicago Bee Building The Chicago Bee was founded by the African American entrepreneur Anthony Overton in 1926 in what was one of Chicago's African American newspaper buildings. This building was Overton's affirmation of his confidence in the viability of the State Street Commercial district... |
September 9, 1998 | 3647-3655 S. State Street State Street (Chicago) State Street is a large south-north street in Chicago, Illinois, USA and its south suburbs. It begins on the Near North Side at North Avenue. For much of its course, it lies between Wabash Avenue on the east and Dearborn Street/Lafayette Avenue on the west... |
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| Chicago Board of Trade Building Chicago Board of Trade Building The Chicago Board of Trade Building is a skyscraper located in :Chicago, Illinois, United States. It stands at 141 W. Jackson Boulevard at the foot of the LaSalle Street canyon, in the Loop community area in Cook County. Built in 1930 and first designated a Chicago Landmark on May 4, 1977, the... |
May 4, 1977 | 141 W. Jackson Boulevard | June 16, 1978 | June 2, 1978 |
| Chicago Building Chicago Building The Chicago Building or Chicago Savings Bank Building was built in 1904-1905. It is located at 7 W. Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois. It was designed by architectural firm Holabird & Roche, it is an early and highly visible example of the Chicago school of architecture... |
March 26, 1996 | 7 W. Madison Street Madison Street (Chicago) Madison Street is a major east-west street in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to human intervention, the Chicago River emptied into Lake Michigan at the present day intersection of Madison Street and Michigan Avenue.... |
September 5, 1975 | |
| Chicago City Bank and Trust Building | October 8, 2008 | 815 W. 63rd Street | ||
| Chicago Defender Building Chicago Defender Building The Chicago Defender Building is the former Jewish synagogue building that housed the Chicago Defender from 1920 until 1960. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on September 9, 1998. It is located in the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois at... |
September 9, 1998 | 3435 S. Indiana Avenue | ||
| Site of the Origin of the Chicago Fire of 1871 Great Chicago Fire The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned from Sunday, October 8, to early Tuesday, October 10, 1871, killing hundreds and destroying about in Chicago, Illinois. Though the fire was one of the largest U.S... |
September 15, 1971 | W. DeKoven DeKoven Street (Chicago) DeKoven Street is a street in Chicago, Illinois named for John DeKoven, one of the founders of the Northern Trust Company.The Great Chicago Fire started at 137 DeKoven Street, now numbered 558 West DeKoven, in a barn belonging to Patrick and Catherine O'Leary... and S. Jefferson Streets |
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| Chicago Harbor Lighthouse | April 9, 2003 | South End of the North Breakwater, North Side of the Chicago Harbor Entrance | July 19, 1984 | |
| Chicago Public Library/Cultural Center Chicago Cultural Center The Chicago Cultural Center, opened in 1897, is a Chicago Landmark building that houses the city's official reception venue where the Mayor of Chicago has welcomed Presidents and royalty, diplomats and community leaders. It is located in the Loop, across Michigan Avenue from Millennium Park... |
November 15, 1976 | 78 E. Washington Street | July 31, 1972 | |
| Chatham-Greater Grand Crossing Commercial District | October 8, 2008 | 19 buildings in the vicinity of Cottage Grove Avenue and 75th and 79th Streets–two contiguous “core” areas and six non-contiguous individual buildings. |
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| Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge No. Z-2 Cherry Avenue Bridge The Cherry Avenue Bridge is an asymmetric bob-tail swing bridge in Chicago, Illinois that carries the Chicago Terminal Railroad, pedestrians, and cyclists across the North Branch Canal of the Chicago River. It was constructed in 1901–02 by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St... |
December 12, 2007 | N. Cherry Avenue and W. North Avenue, North Branch of the Chicago River Chicago River The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of that runs through the city of the same name, including its center . Though not especially long, the river is notable for being the reason why Chicago became an important location, as the link between the Great Lakes and... |
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| Chicago Theatre Chicago Theatre The Chicago Theatre, originally known as the Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre, is a landmark theater located on North State Street in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1921, the Chicago Theatre was the flagship for the Balaban and Katz group of theaters run by A. J. Balaban, his brother... |
January 28, 1983 | 175 N. State Street State Street (Chicago) State Street is a large south-north street in Chicago, Illinois, USA and its south suburbs. It begins on the Near North Side at North Avenue. For much of its course, it lies between Wabash Avenue on the east and Dearborn Street/Lafayette Avenue on the west... |
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| Chicago Varnish Company Building Chicago Varnish Company Building The Chicago Varnish Company Building, at 33 West Kinzie Street, was built in 1895 as the headquarters of one of the leading varnish manufacturers in the United States, the Chicago Varnish Company... |
July 25, 2001 | 33 W. Kinzie Street | June 14, 2001 | |
| City Hall-County Building Chicago City Hall Chicago City Hall is the official seat of government of the City of Chicago in Illinois. Adjacent to the Richard J. Daley Center and the James R... |
January 21, 1982 | 121 N. LaSalle Street LaSalle Street LaSalle Street is a major north-south street in Chicago named for Sieur de La Salle, an early explorer of Illinois. The portion that runs through the Loop is considered to be Chicago's financial district... /118 N. Clark Street Clark Street (Chicago) Clark Street is a north-south street in Chicago, Illinois that runs close to the shore of Lake Michigan from the northern city boundary with Evanston, to 2200 South in the city street numbering system... |
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| Civic Opera Building Civic Opera House (Chicago) The Civic Opera House is an opera house located at 20 North Wacker Drive in Chicago. It is part of a building which contains a 45-story office tower and two 22-story wings. This structure opened on November 4, 1929 and has an Art Deco interior.... |
February 5, 1998 | 20 N. Wacker Drive Wacker Drive Wacker Drive is a major street in Chicago, Illinois, United States, running along the south side of the main branch and the east side of the south branch of the Chicago River... |
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| Chicago Orphan Asylum Building | May 13, 2009 | 5120 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive | ||
| Clarke House Henry B. Clarke House The Henry B. Clarke House is a Greek Revival style house in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in circa 1836 by a local contractor, probably John Rye, who later married the Clarkes' housemaid, Betsy. Clarke House may have been modeled on the home of William B. Ogden. The Clarke... |
October 14, 1970 | 1855 S. Indiana Avenue | May 6, 1971 | |
| Colvin House Colvin House The Colvin House is a house at 5901 North Sheridan Road in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1909 by George W. Maher. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 5, 1994. This residence was built for Edwin M. Colvin, his wife Clara and their four children... |
October 5, 1994 | 5940 N. Sheridan Road Sheridan Road Sheridan Road is a major north-south thoroughfare that leads from Diversey Parkway in Chicago, Illinois, north to the Illinois-Wisconsin border and beyond to Racine. Throughout most of its run, it is the easternmost north-south through street, closest to Lake Michigan... |
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| Congress Theater Congress Theater The Congress Theater in Chicago, built by Fridstein and Company in 1926 for the movie theater chain of Lubliner and Trinz, is a surviving example of a movie palace. It features ornate exterior and interior design work, in a combination of the Classical Revival and Italian Renaissance styles.The... |
July 10, 2002 | 2117-2139 N. Milwaukee Avenue Milwaukee Avenue (Chicago) Milwaukee Avenue is a major diagonal street in the city of Chicago and the northern suburbs. True to its name, it once led to the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Starting with a short section at N. Canal and W. Lake Streets, it begins in earnest at the corner of N Desplaines and W. Kinzie Streets... / 2117-2139 N. Rockwell Avenue |
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| Continental and Commercial Bank Building | December 12, 2007 | 208 S. LaSalle Street LaSalle Street LaSalle Street is a major north-south street in Chicago named for Sieur de La Salle, an early explorer of Illinois. The portion that runs through the Loop is considered to be Chicago's financial district... |
February 14, 2007 | |
| Cortland Street Drawbridge Cortland Street Drawbridge The Cortland Street Drawbridge over the Chicago River is the original Chicago-style fixed-trunnion bascule bridge, designed by John Ericson and Edward Wilmann. When it opened in 1902 on the north side of Chicago, it was the first such bridge built in the United States... |
July 24, 1991 | 1440 W. Cortland Street | ||
| Cosmopolitan State Bank Building | October 8, 2008 | 801 N. Clark Street Clark Street (Chicago) Clark Street is a north-south street in Chicago, Illinois that runs close to the shore of Lake Michigan from the northern city boundary with Evanston, to 2200 South in the city street numbering system... |
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| Courthouse Place Courthouse Place Courthouse Place, also known as the Cook County Criminal Court Building, is a Richardsonian Romanesque-style building at 54 West Hubbard Street in the Near North Side of Chicago. Designed by architect Otto H. Matz and completed in 1893, the build stands on the prior location of a public market... |
June 9, 1993 | 54 W. Hubbard Street Hubbard Street Hubbard Street is a road in Chicago, Illinois named for early settler Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard. Where Hubbard Street passes over the Kennedy Expressway, the Expressway enters a tunnel made up of surface streets known colloquially as "Hubbard's Cave." Hubbard Street has three distinct sections.... |
November 13, 1984 | |
| Crown Hall | October 1, 1997 | 3360 S.State Street State Street (Chicago) State Street is a large south-north street in Chicago, Illinois, USA and its south suburbs. It begins on the Near North Side at North Avenue. For much of its course, it lies between Wabash Avenue on the east and Dearborn Street/Lafayette Avenue on the west... |
August 7, 2001 | August 7, 2001 |
| Daley Center | November 6, 2002 | 50 W. Washington Street | ||
| Dearborn Street Station | March 2, 1982 | 47 W. Polk Street | March 26, 1976 | |
| Delaware Building Delaware Building The Delaware Building is a building in the Chicago Loop built in the massive rebuilding effort after the 1871 Great Chicago Fire. It is significant for being one of the few buildings to maintain its 1870's character, as an Italianate structure, in an area dominated by more modern structures. The... |
November 23, 1983 | 36 W. Randolph Street Randolph Street (Chicago) Randolph Street is a street in Chicago. It runs east-west through the Chicago Loop, carrying westbound traffic west from Michigan Avenue across the Chicago River on the Randolph Street Bridge, interchanging with the Kennedy Expressway , and continuing west. It serves as the northern boundary of... |
July 18, 1974 | |
| Dewes House, August | March 9, 2005 | 509 W. Wrightwood Avenue | ||
| Dewes House, Francis J. Francis J. Dewes House The Francis J. Dewes House is a house located at 503 West Wrightwood Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1896 by Adolph Cudell and Arthur Hercz for brewer Francis J. Dewes. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on June 12, 1974... |
June 12, 1974 | 503 W. Wrightwood Avenue | August 14, 1973 | |
| Dexter Building Dexter Building The Dexter Building was a landmark building located at 630 South Wabash Avenue, in the South Loop area of Chicago, Illinois. The building was designed by the firm of Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan, and built in 1887. Prior to its destruction in 2006 it was one of the earliest surviving Louis... |
July 31, 1996 | 630 S. Wabash Avenue | ||
| R.R. Donnelly and Sons Co. Calumet Plant R.R. Donnelley and Sons Co. Calumet Plant The R.R Donnelley Printing Plant, sometimes known as the Lakeside Press Building or more simply The Calumet Plant and now known as the Lakeside Technology Center, was built between 1912 and 1929 to house the operations of the RR Donnelley printing company... |
March 31, 2004 | 350 E. Cermak Road Cermak Road Cermak Road, formerly 22nd Street, is a major east-west artery on Chicago's south side and western suburbs. It is named for assassinated Chicago mayor Anton Cermak.-Points of interest:... |
February 17, 1983 | |
| Stephen A. Douglas Tomb Stephen A. Douglas Tomb The Stephen A. Douglas Tomb and Memorial or Stephen Douglas Monument Park is located at 636 E. 35th Street in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois , near the site of the Union Army and prisoner of war Camp Douglas... |
September 28, 1977 | 636 E. 35th Street | May 28, 1976 | |
| Dover Street District | December 12, 2007 | Predominantly 4500-, 4600- and 4700-Blocks of N. Dover Street; and four properties located at 4742-4754 N. Beacon Street | ||
| Drake Fountain Drake Fountain The Drake Fountain, also known as the Columbus Monument is located on a triangular site bounded by 92nd Street, South Chicago Avenue and Exchange Avenue in the Chicago neighborhood known as South Chicago.-History:John B... |
March 10, 2004 | 92nd Street at South Chicago and Exchange Avenues. | ||
| DuPont-Whitehouse House DuPont-Whitehouse House The DuPont-Whitehouse House is an Italianate-style house located at 3558 South Artesian Avenue in the McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built between 1875 and 1876 by Oscar Cobb & Co. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on April 16, 1996.-References:... |
April 16, 1996 | 3558 S. Artesian Avenue | ||
| East Lake Shore Drive District East Lake Shore Drive District The East Lake Shore Drive District is a historic district in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. It includes eight buildings at 140 E. Walton, 179-229 E. Lake Shore Drive, and 999 N. Lake Shore Drive designed by Marshall and Fox and Fugard & Knapp and the opposing park. It... |
April 18, 1985 | 140 E. Walton Street, 179-229 E. Lake Shore Drive Lake Shore Drive Lake Shore Drive is a mostly freeway-standard expressway running parallel with and alongside the shoreline of Lake Michigan through Chicago, Illinois, USA. Except for the portion north of Foster Avenue , Lake Shore Drive is designated as part of U.S... , and 999 N. Lake Shore Drive Lake Shore Drive Lake Shore Drive is a mostly freeway-standard expressway running parallel with and alongside the shoreline of Lake Michigan through Chicago, Illinois, USA. Except for the portion north of Foster Avenue , Lake Shore Drive is designated as part of U.S... |
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| East Village District | January 11, 2006 | Four sections primarily situated on N. Winchester Avenue, N. Wolcott Avenue, N. Honore Street, and N. Hermitage Avenue between W. Chicago Avenue and W. Division Street Division Street (Chicago) Division Street is a major east-west street in Chicago, Illinois, located at 1200 North . Division Street begins in the Gold Coast neighborhood near Lake Shore Drive, passes through Polonia Triangle at Milwaukee Avenue into Wicker Park and continues to Chicago's city limits and into the city's... |
December 8, 2009 | |
| Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist | June 9, 1993 | 4359 S. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
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| Eighth Regiment Armory Eighth Regiment Armory (Chicago) The Eighth Regiment Armory, located in the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District of Chicago, Illinois, was the first armory in the United States built for an African-American military regiment, known as the "Fighting 8th". The building later was used by a division of the Illinois National Guard,... |
September 9, 1998 | 3533 S. Giles Avenue | April 30, 1986 | |
| Elam House Elam House The Elam House is a Prairie style house at 4726 South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1903 by Henry L. Newhouse, and was later purchased by Melissia Ann Elam. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on March 21, 1979.-Background information... |
March 21, 1979 | 4726 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive | ||
| Eliel House Eliel House The Eliel House is a house at 4122 South Ellis Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1886 by Adler & Sullivan for Mathilde Eliel. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 2, 1991.-References:... |
October 2, 1991 | 4122 S. Ellis Avenue | ||
| Elks National Memorial Headquarters Building | October 1, 2003 | 2750 N. Lakeview Avenue | ||
| Engine Company 5, Truck 2 | October 1, 2003 | 324 S. Desplaines Street | ||
| Engine Company 45, Truck 15 | October 1, 2003 | 4600 S. Cottage Grove Avenue | ||
| Engine Company 59, Truck 47 | October 1, 2003 | 5714 N. Ridge Avenue | ||
| Engine Company 61 | October 1, 2003 | 5349 S. Wabash Avenue | ||
| Engine Company 65, Truck 52 | October 1, 2003 | 3000 W. 42nd Street | ||
| Engine Company 78 | October 1, 2003 | 1052 W. Waveland Avenue | ||
| Engine Company 84, Truck 51 | October 1, 2003 | 6204 S. Green Street | ||
| Engine Company 129, Truck 50 | October 1, 2003 | 8120 S. Ashland Avenue | ||
| (Former) Engine Company 27 | October 1, 2003 | 1244 N. Wells Street Wells Street (Chicago) Wells Street is a main North–South road in downtown Chicago. It is officially designated as 200 West, and is named in honor of William Wells, a United States Army Captain who died in the Battle of Fort Dearborn.... |
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| (Former) Engine Company 35, Truck 28 | October 1, 2003 | 1625 N. Damen Avenue | ||
| (Former) Engine Company 42 Firehouse | December 12, 2007 | 228 W. Illinois Street | ||
| (Former) Engine Company 86 | October 1, 2003 | 2414 W. Cuyler Avenue | ||
| (Former) Engine Company 104, Truck 31 | October 1, 2003 | 1401 S. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
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| Essanay Studios Essanay Studios The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was an American motion picture studio. It is best known today for its series of Charlie Chaplin comedies of 1915.-Founding:... |
March 26, 1996 | 1333-45 W. Argyle Street | ||
| F. R. Schock House F. R. Schock House The F. R. Schock House is a Queen Anne style house at 5804 West Midway Park in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1886 by Fredrick R. Schock for himself. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on January 20, 1999.-References:... |
January 20, 1999 | 5804 W. Midway Park | ||
| Farwell Building | March 10, 2004 | 664 N. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
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| Field Building | February 9, 1994 | 135 S. LaSalle Street LaSalle Street LaSalle Street is a major north-south street in Chicago named for Sieur de La Salle, an early explorer of Illinois. The portion that runs through the Loop is considered to be Chicago's financial district... |
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| Fine Arts Building Fine Arts Building (Chicago) The ten-story Fine Arts Building, also known as the Studebaker Building, is located on Michigan Avenue across from Grant Park in Chicago in the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District. It was built for the Studebaker company in 1884–5 by Solon Spencer Beman, and extensively remodeled... |
June 7, 1978 | 410 S. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
August 11, 1975 | |
| First Baptist Congregational Church First Baptist Congregational Church First Baptist Congregational Church is a Baptist congregation now located in the former Union Park Congregational Church building, a Chicago Landmark at 60 N. Ashland Blvd. in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The church was designed by architect Gurdon P. Randall and built between 1869 - 1871. The First... |
January 21, 1982 | 60 N. Ashland Avenue | ||
| First Church of Deliverance First Church of Deliverance First Church of Deliverance is a landmark church located at 4315 South Wabash Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The church was built in 1939 by Walter T. Bailey, and two towers were added to it in 1946 by Kocher, Buss & DeKlerk. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 5, 1994.... |
October 5, 1994 | 4315 S. Wabash Avenue | ||
| Fisher Building Fisher Building (Chicago) The Fisher Building is 20-story, neo-Gothic landmark building located at 343 South Dearborn Street in the Chicago Loop community area of Chicago. Commissioned by paper magnate Lucius Fisher, the original building was completed in 1896 by D.H. Burnham & Company with an addition latter added in... |
June 7, 1978 | 343 S. Dearborn Street | March 16, 1976 | |
| Fisher Studio Houses Fisher Studio Houses The Fisher Studio Houses is a Art Moderne style house in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1936 by Andrew Rebori and Edgar Miller for Frank Fisher, Jr. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on July 31, 1996.-References:... |
July 31, 1996 | 1209 N. State Parkway State Street (Chicago) State Street is a large south-north street in Chicago, Illinois, USA and its south suburbs. It begins on the Near North Side at North Avenue. For much of its course, it lies between Wabash Avenue on the east and Dearborn Street/Lafayette Avenue on the west... |
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| Five Houses on Avers District Five Houses on Avers District The Five Houses on Avers District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The district was built between 1892 and 1894 by Frederick B. Townsend. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on March 2, 1994.-References:... |
March 2, 1994 | 1942-2102 S. Avers Avenue | ||
| Florsheim Shoe Company Building | March 29, 2006 | 3963 W. Belmont Avenue Belmont Avenue (Chicago) Belmont Avenue is a major east-west street on the North Side of Chicago. Belmont is a central commercial street in Lakeview and, west of the North Branch of the Chicago River, Avondale... |
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| Former Chicago Historical Society Building Former Chicago Historical Society Building The Former Chicago Historical Society Building is the official name of a historic landmark located on the northwest corner of Dearborn and Ontario streets in downtown Chicago. Built in 1892, it is a prime example of Henry Ives Cobb's Romanesque Revival architecture, and the home of the Chicago... |
February 26, 1997 | 632 N. Dearborn Street | November 28, 1978 | |
| Site of Fort Dearborn | September 15, 1971 | Intersection of N. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... and E. Wacker Drive Wacker Drive Wacker Drive is a major street in Chicago, Illinois, United States, running along the south side of the main branch and the east side of the south branch of the Chicago River... |
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| Foster House and Stable S. A. Foster House and Stable The Foster House and Stable is a Japanese-influenced house at 12147 South Harvard Avenue in the West Pullman neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was designed in 1900 by Frank Lloyd Wright for Stephen Foster, an attorney who worked for real estate developer who helped to... |
May 9, 1996 | 12147 S. Harvard Avenue | ||
| Four Houses by Architect Frederick Schock Four Houses by Architect Frederick Schock The Four Houses by Architect Frederick Schock are Queen Anne and Shingle styles houses located at 5749 & 5804 West Race Avenue and 5804 & 5810 West Midway Park in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The houses were built between 1886 to 1892 by Frederick R. Schock. They... |
January 20, 1999 | 5749 and 5804 W. Race Avenue and 5804 and 5810 W. Midway Park | ||
| Fremont Row House District | March 10, 2004 | 2100-2144 N. Fremont Street | ||
| Fullerton State Bank Building | July 9, 2008 | 1423-27 W. Fullerton Avenue | ||
| Gage Group Gage Group Buildings The Gage Group Buildings consist of three buildings located at 18, 24 and 30 S. Michigan Avenue, between Madison Street and Monroe Street, in Chicago, Illinois. They were built from 1890–1899, designed by Holabird & Roche for the three millinery firms - Gage, Keith and Ascher. The building at 18... |
September 11, 1996 | 18, 24 and 30 S. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
November 14, 1985 | |
| Garfield Boulevard "L" Station and Overpass Garfield (CTA Green Line) Garfield is one of two stations on Garfield Boulevard in Chicago. It serves the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system's Green Line. It is situated at 319 E Garfield Boulevard, three blocks east of State Street. It opened on October 12, 1892... |
December 12, 2001 | 319 E. Garfield Boulevard | ||
| Garfield Park Fieldhouse | November 18, 2009 | 100 N. Central Park Avenue | August 31, 1993 | |
| Gauler Twin Houses Gauler Twin Houses The Gauler Twin Houses are two identical Prairie style houses located at 5917 and 5921 North Magnolia Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The houses were built in 1908 by Walter Burley Griffin. They were designated a Chicago Landmark on June 28, 2000.... |
June 28, 2000 | 5917 and 5921 N. Magnolia Avenue | June 17, 1977 | |
| Henry Gerber House Henry Gerber House The Henry Gerber House is a house at 1710 North Crilly Court in the Old Town Triangle Chicago Landmark District of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1885. In the 1920s it housed the apartment occupied by Henry Gerber, founder of the short-lived Society for Human Rights,... |
June 6, 2001 | 1710 N. Crilly Court | ||
| Germania Club Building | January 13, 2011 | 1538-1542 North Clark Street | ||
| Getty Tomb Carrie Eliza Getty Tomb The Carrie Eliza Getty Tomb, located in Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois, United States, was commissioned in 1890 by the lumber baron, Henry Harrison Getty, for his wife, Carrie Eliza. It was designed by the noted American architect, Louis Sullivan of the firm Adler & Sullivan... |
March 10, 1971 | Graceland Cemetery Graceland Cemetery Graceland Cemetery is a large Victorian era cemetery located in the north side community area of Uptown, in the city of Chicago, Illinois, USA. Established in 1860, its main entrance is at the intersection of Clark Street and Irving Park Road... , N. Clark Street Clark Street (Chicago) Clark Street is a north-south street in Chicago, Illinois that runs close to the shore of Lake Michigan from the northern city boundary with Evanston, to 2200 South in the city street numbering system... and W. Irving Park Road |
February 15, 1974 | |
| Giles-Calumet District | July 29, 2009 | Consisting of the following addresses: 3737 through 3847 S. Giles Avenue (odds); 3800 through 3848 S. Calumet Avenue (evens); 3831 through 3847 S. Calumet Avenue (odds); 310 E. 38th Street |
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| Glessner House | October 14, 1970 | 1800 S. Prairie Avenue Prairie Avenue Prairie Avenue is a north–south thoroughfare on the South Side of Chicago, which historically extended from 16th Street in the Near South Side community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States, to the city's southern limits and beyond. The street has a rich history from its origins... |
April 17, 1970 | January 7, 1976 |
| Goldblatt Bros. Department Store | April 1, 1998 | 1613-35 W. Chicago Avenue | ||
| Greenwood Row House District | December 8, 2004 | 5200-44 S. Greenwood Avenue | ||
| Walter Burley Griffin Place District Walter Burley Griffin Place District The Walter Burley Griffin Place District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The district was built between 1909 to 1914. Seven of the homes were built by Walter Burley Griffin, one by Spencer and Powers, and the rest by various architects. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on... |
November 13, 1981 | 1600-1800 blocks of W. Griffin Place (formerly West 104th Place) | ||
| Griffiths-Burroughs House | February 10, 2010 | 3806 S. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
March 5, 1982 | |
| Groesbeck House Groesbeck House The Groesbeck House is an Italianate style house located at 1304 West Washington Boulevard in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1869 by Otis L. Wheelock for Abraham Groesbeck. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on January 12, 1993.... |
January 12, 1993 | 1304 W. Washington Boulevard | February 4, 1993 |
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| George Cleveland Hall Branch, Chicago Public Library Chicago Public Library The Chicago Public Library is the public library system that serves the City of Chicago in Illinois. It consists of 79 branches, including a central library, two regional libraries, and branches distributed throughout the city.... |
February 10, 2010 | 4801 S. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
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| Lorraine Hansberry House Lorraine Hansberry Lorraine Hansberry was an African American playwright and author of political speeches, letters, and essays... |
February 10, 2010 | 6140 S. Rhodes Avenue | ||
| Harris and Selwyn Theaters Harris and Selwyn Theaters The Harris and Selwyn Theaters are twin theatres located in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. They were built by Sam H. Harris and Archie & Edgar Selwyn. They were designated a Chicago Landmark on March 31, 1983. They have been redesigned by the Goodman Theatre, which is located in... |
March 31, 1983 | 180-190 N. Dearborn Street | ||
| Haskell-Barker-Atwater Buildings | November 13, 1996 | 18, 22, 28 S. Wabash Avenue | ||
| Hawthorne Place District Hawthorne Place District The Hawthorne Place District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The district was built in the 1890s by various architects including the McConnell brothers, Burnham & Root, and Pond & Pond. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on March 26, 1996.... |
March 26, 1996 | 530-593 W. Hawthorne Place | ||
| Site of the Haymarket Tragedy | March 25, 1992 | 151-199 N. Desplaines Street | ||
| Hazelton-Mikota House | July 27, 2005 | 5453 N. Forest Glen Avenue | ||
| Heald Square Monument Heald Square Monument Heald Square Monument is a sculpture depicting Robert Morris and Haym Salomon, the two principal financers of the American Revolution, along with George Washington. The sculpture was designated a Chicago Landmark on September 15, 1971. It is located in the Michigan–Wacker Historic District and in... |
September 15, 1971 | E. Wacker Drive Wacker Drive Wacker Drive is a major street in Chicago, Illinois, United States, running along the south side of the main branch and the east side of the south branch of the Chicago River... at N. Wabash Avenue |
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| Heller House Heller House The Isidore H. Heller House is a house located at 5132 South Woodlawn Avenue in the Hyde Park community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, USA. The house was designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright... |
September 15, 1971 | 5132 S. Woodlawn Avenue | March 16, 1972 | August 18, 2004 |
| Heyworth Building Heyworth Building The Heyworth Building is a Chicago Landmark located at 29 East Madison Street, on the southwest corner of Madison Street and Wabash Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.... |
August 30, 2000 | 29 E. Madison Street Madison Street (Chicago) Madison Street is a major east-west street in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to human intervention, the Chicago River emptied into Lake Michigan at the present day intersection of Madison Street and Michigan Avenue.... |
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| Hitchcock House Hitchcock House The Hitchcock House is a house at 1009 East 57th Street in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1871 for Charles Hitchcock. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on July 7, 1992.-References:... |
July 7, 1992 | 5704 W. Ohio Street | December 30, 1974 | |
| Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral and Rectory | March 21, 1979 | 1121 N. Leavitt Street | March 16, 1976 | |
| Home Bank and Trust Building | February 6, 2008 | 1200-08 N. Ashland Avenue/1600-12 W. Division Street Division Street (Chicago) Division Street is a major east-west street in Chicago, Illinois, located at 1200 North . Division Street begins in the Gold Coast neighborhood near Lake Shore Drive, passes through Polonia Triangle at Milwaukee Avenue into Wicker Park and continues to Chicago's city limits and into the city's... |
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| Hotel St. Benedict Flats | March 26, 1996 | 40-52 E. Chicago Avenue | September 1, 1995 | |
| Hull House Hull House Hull House is a settlement house in the United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located in the Near West Side of , Hull House opened its doors to the recently arrived European immigrants. By 1911, Hull House had grown to 13 buildings. In 1912 the Hull... |
June 12, 1974 | 800 S. Halsted Street Halsted Street Halsted Street is a major north-south street in the American city of Chicago, Illinois.-Location:In Chicago's grid system, Halsted street marks 800 West, one mile west of State Street, from Grace Street in Lakeview south to the city limits at the Little Calumet River in West Pullman... |
October 15, 1966 | June 23, 1965 |
| Humboldt Park Boathouse Pavilion | November 13, 1996 | 1301 N. Humboldt Drive | February 20, 1992 | |
| Humboldt Park Receptory Building and Stable | February 6, 2008 | 3015 W. Division Street Division Street (Chicago) Division Street is a major east-west street in Chicago, Illinois, located at 1200 North . Division Street begins in the Gold Coast neighborhood near Lake Shore Drive, passes through Polonia Triangle at Milwaukee Avenue into Wicker Park and continues to Chicago's city limits and into the city's... |
February 20, 1992 | |
| Hutchinson Street District | August 31, 1977 | 600 through 900 blocks of W. Hutchinson Street | ||
| Hyde Park-Kenwood National Bank Building | October 8, 2008 | 1525 E. 53rd Street | ||
| Site of the Origins of the I&M Canal | May 9, 1996 | 2800 block of S. Ashland Avenue, along the south fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River Bubbly Creek Bubbly Creek is the nickname given to the South Fork of the Chicago River's South Branch, which runs entirely within the city of Chicago, Illinois. Gases bubbling out of the riverbed from the decomposition of blood and entrails dumped into the river by the local stockyards in the early 20th... |
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| IBM Building (330 North Wabash) | February 6, 2008 | 330 N. Wabash Street | March 11, 2010 | |
| Iglehart House Iglehart House The Iglehart House is an Italianate style house in the Morgan Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States, and one of the city's oldest surviving buildings. Located at 11118 S. Artesian Avenue, the house was built in 1857 by an unknown architect for Charles D. Iglehart, whose farmstead... |
July 13, 1994 | 11118 S. Artesian Avenue | ||
| Illinois Central Railroad Swing Bridge | December 12, 2007 | North of 35th Street between Pulaski Road Pulaski Road (Chicago) Pulaski Road is a major north-south thoroughfare in the city of Chicago, at 4000 W., or exactly five miles west of State Street. It is named after revolutionary war hero Casimir Pulaski... and Lawndale Avenue, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, is the only shipping link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system, by way of the Illinois and Des Plaines Rivers... |
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| Illinois Central Railroad Swing Bridge | December 12, 2007 | North of Stevenson Expressway Stevenson Expressway The Stevenson Expressway is the major Interstate highway leading southwest out of the city of Chicago in Illinois. It is signed as Interstate 55 for the entire length.... , East of Kedzie Avenue, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, is the only shipping link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system, by way of the Illinois and Des Plaines Rivers... |
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| Illinois-Indiana State Line Boundary Marker Illinois-Indiana State Line Boundary Marker The Illinois-Indiana State Line Boundary Marker is a sandstone boundary marker obelisk located near the end of Chicago's Avenue G, just west of the State Line Generating Plant of Hammond, Indiana. Since 1988 it has been north of the Wabash River.... |
September 4, 2002 | S. Avenue G, near E. 103rd Street (located on the Illinois-Indiana State Boundary Line) | ||
| Immaculata High School and Convent Buildings Immaculata High School (Chicago) Immaculata High School was an all-girls' Catholic high school located in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It was open from 1921 to 1981.The building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1977.... |
July 27, 1983 | 640 W. Irving Park Road and 4030 N. Marine Drive | August 30, 1977 | |
| Indian Boundary Park Fieldhouse | May 11, 2005 | 2500 W. Lunt Avenue | April 20, 1995 | |
| Inland Steel Building Inland Steel Building The Inland Steel Building, located at 30 W. Monroe Street in Chicago, is one of the city's defining commercial high-rises of the post-World War II era of modern architecture. It was built in the years 1956–1957 and was the first skyscraper to be built in the Chicago Loop following the Great... |
October 7, 1998 | 30 W. Monroe Street | February 18, 2009 | |
| Jackson Boulevard District and Extension Jackson Boulevard District and Extension The West Jackson Boulevard District in Chicago, Illinois, also known as West Jackson Historic District, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It was earlier designed as a Chicago Landmark, in 1976, and expanded as Jackson Boulevard District and Extension in 1997. The... |
November 15, 1976; extended July 30, 1997 |
1500-blocks of W. Jackson and W. Adams Streets; 200-block of S. Ashland Avenue | May 19, 1978 | |
| Jackson Park Highlands District Jackson Park Highlands District The Jackson Park Highlands District is a historic district in the South Shore community area of Chicago, Illinois, USA. The district was built in 1905 by various architects. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 25, 1989... |
October 25, 1989 | 6700-7100 blocks of S. Bennett, Constance, Cregier and Euclid Avenues; 1800-2000 blocks of W. 68th, 69th and 70th Streets | ||
| Jackson-Thomas House Jackson-Thomas House The Jackson-Thomas House is an Italianate style and Second Emipre architecture house at 7053 North Ridge Avenue in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1874 by an unknown architect, but Andrew B. Jackson, one of the five partners in the Rogers... |
October 16, 1984 | 7053 N. Ridge Boulevard | ||
| Jewelers' Building Jewelers' Building The Jewelers' Building is the only example of the early work of Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan that survives in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The building is a common loft in construction and plan, but its facade departs dramatically from others of... |
December 18, 1981 | 15-17 S. Wabash Avenue | August 7, 1974 | |
| Jewelers Row District Jewelers Row District The Jewelers Row District is a historic district in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, USA. The district was built between 1872 to 1941 by many architects, including Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, John Mills Van Osdel, Adler & Sullivan, Alfred Alschuler, D. H. Burnham & Co., and... |
July 9, 2003 | N. and S. Wabash Avenue, predominantly between E. Washington and E. Monroe Streets | ||
| Jewish People's Institute | June 28, 2000 | 3500 W. Douglas Boulevard | November 15, 1978 | |
| Site of the John and Mary Jones House | May 26, 2004 | Southwest corner of W. 9th Street and S. Plymouth Court | ||
| K.A.M. Isaiah Israel Temple K.A.M. Isaiah Israel Temple KAM Isaiah Israel is the oldest Jewish congregation in Chicago, with its oldest core founded in 1847 as Kehilath Anshe Ma'arav .... |
April 16, 1996 | 1100 E. Hyde Park Boulevard | ||
| Kaufmann Store and Flats | April 16, 1996 | 2312-14 N. Lincoln Avenue Lincoln Avenue (Chicago) Lincoln Avenue is a major diagonal thoroughfare of the north side of city of Chicago. It runs from Clark Street on the western border of Lincoln Park largely to the northwest, ending in Morton Grove, Illinois... |
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| Keck-Gottschalk-Keck Apartments Keck-Gottschalk-Keck Apartments The Keck-Gottschalk-Keck Apartments comprise a 1931 International Style three-flat in Chicago, Illinois. They were designed by George and William Keck and served as residences for the architects as well as college professor Louis Gottschalk. The apartments received Chicago Landmark status on... |
August 3, 1994 | 5551 S. University Avenue | ||
| Kenna Apartments | September 12, 1990 | 2214 E. 69th Street | ||
| Sydney Kent House Sydney Kent House The Kent House, also known as Sydney Kent House or St. James Convent, is a Queen Anne style house located at 2944 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1883 by Burnham & Root for Sidney A. Kent... |
March 18, 1987 | 2944 S. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
November 17, 1977 | |
| Kenwood District Kenwood District The Kenwood District is a historic district in the officially designated Kenwood community area of Chicago, Illinois bounded by E. 47th and E. 51st Streets, S. Blackstone and S. Drexel Avenues. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on June 29, 1979... |
June 29, 1979 | Bounded by E. 47th and E. 51st Streets, S. Blackstone and S. Drexel Avenues | ||
| King-Nash House King-Nash House The King-Nash House, also known as Patrick J. King House, is a combination of Sullivanesque, Colonial Revival, and Prairie styles house at 3234 West Washington Boulevard in the East Garfield Park area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1901 by George W. Maher for Patrick... |
February 10, 1988 | 3234 W. Washington Boulevard | February 10, 1983 | |
| Kimbell Trust and Savings Bank Building | October 8, 2008 | 3600 W. Fullerton Avenue | ||
| Krause Music Store Krause Music Store The Krause Music Store, the last commission by architect Louis Sullivan, is a two-story building located at 4611 N. Lincoln Avenue in the Lincoln Square business district of Chicago. The entire facade is covered in an ornate grey terra cotta design... |
September 28, 1977 | 4611 N. Lincoln Avenue Lincoln Avenue (Chicago) Lincoln Avenue is a major diagonal thoroughfare of the north side of city of Chicago. It runs from Clark Street on the western border of Lincoln Park largely to the northwest, ending in Morton Grove, Illinois... |
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| Lake-Franklin Group | February 26, 1997 | 227-235 W. Lake Street Lake Street (Chicago) Lake Street is an east-west arterial road in Chicago and its suburbs. Part of Lake Street is designated as U.S. Route 20. Lake Street begins in the city of Chicago and travels west and slightly north to the Chicago suburbs. It ends at the eastern terminus of the Elgin Bypass around Elgin, where... and 173-191 N. Franklin Street |
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| Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Bridges (Pair) | December 12, 2007 | East of the Chicago Skyway Chicago Skyway The Chicago Skyway, also known as Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge System, is a toll road in Chicago, Illinois, United States, carrying Interstate 90 from the Indiana Toll Road to the Dan Ryan Expressway on Chicago's South Side leading into the Chicago Loop.... and North of 98th Street, Calumet River Calumet River The Calumet River refers to a system of heavily industrialized rivers and canals in the region between the neighborhood of South Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, and the city of Gary, Indiana.-Background:... |
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| Laramie State Bank Building | June 14, 1995 | 5200 W. Chicago Avenue | ||
| LaSalle Street Cable Car Powerhouse | June 27, 2001 | 500 N. LaSalle Street LaSalle Street LaSalle Street is a major north-south street in Chicago named for Sieur de La Salle, an early explorer of Illinois. The portion that runs through the Loop is considered to be Chicago's financial district... |
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| Lathrop House Lathrop House The Lathrop House, also known as the Bryan Lathrop House, is a Georgian style house at 120 E Bellevue Place in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1892 by McKim, Mead & White for Bryan Lathrop... |
May 9, 1973 | 120 E. Bellevue Place | February 15, 1974 | |
| Leiter II Building | January 14, 1997 | 403 S. State Street State Street (Chicago) State Street is a large south-north street in Chicago, Illinois, USA and its south suburbs. It begins on the Near North Side at North Avenue. For much of its course, it lies between Wabash Avenue on the east and Dearborn Street/Lafayette Avenue on the west... |
January 7, 1976 | January 7, 1976 |
| Lincoln Avenue Row House District | November 18, 2009 | 1928-1936 N. Lincoln Avenue Lincoln Avenue (Chicago) Lincoln Avenue is a major diagonal thoroughfare of the north side of city of Chicago. It runs from Clark Street on the western border of Lincoln Park largely to the northwest, ending in Morton Grove, Illinois... |
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| Abraham Lincoln Monument | December 12, 2001 | In Lincoln Park at N. Dearborn Parkway | ||
| Lion House Lincoln Park Zoo Lincoln Park Zoo is a free zoo located in Lincoln Park in Chicago, Illinois. The zoo was founded in 1868, making it one of the oldest zoos in the nation. The zoo is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums .... |
November 30, 2005 | Lincoln Park Zoo Lincoln Park Zoo Lincoln Park Zoo is a free zoo located in Lincoln Park in Chicago, Illinois. The zoo was founded in 1868, making it one of the oldest zoos in the nation. The zoo is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums .... |
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| Lindeman & Hoverson Co. Showroom & Warehouse | January 13, 2009 | 2620 W. Washington Boulevard | November 26, 2008 | |
| Robert Lindblom Technical High School | June 9, 2010 | 6130 S. Wolcott Avenue | ||
| Logan Square Boulevards District | November 1, 2005 | Generally W. Logan, N. Kedzie, W. Palmer, and N. Humboldt Boulevards (north of W. Cortland St.) | November 20, 1985 | |
| London Guarantee Building London Guarantee Building The London Guarantee Building, formerly known as the Stone Container Building, is a historic building located in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. It is known as one of the four 1920s flanks of the Michigan Avenue Bridge . It stands on part of the former site of Fort Dearborn... |
April 16, 1996 | 360 N. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
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| Longwood Drive District Longwood Drive District The Longwood Drive District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois. The houses along Longwood Drive in the Beverly neighborhood were built beginning in 1873 by various architects. Longwood was named for a long copse of trees that ran along the lee side of the hill where the rest of Beverly is... |
November 13, 1981 | 9800-11000 blocks of S. Longwood Drive; 10400-10700 blocks of S. Seeley Avenue | ||
| Charles N. Loucks House | October 8, 2008 | 3926 N. Keeler Avenue | February 9, 1984 | |
| Ludington Building Ludington Building The Ludington Building is the earliest-surviving, steel-frame building in Chicago, Illinois. It is located in the Chicago Loop community area. It was designed by William Le Baron Jenney and was named a Chicago Landmark on June 10, 1996. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on... |
June 10, 1996 | 1104 S. Wabash Avenue | May 8, 1980 | |
| Madonna Della Strada Chapel Madonna Della Strada Chapel Madonna della Strada is the namesake of the chapel motherchurch of the Jesuit Province of Chicago and sits on the campus of Loyola University Chicago in the neighborhood of Rogers Park. It was built on the lakefront with the waters of Lake Michigan directly at its front doorstep... |
November 3, 2004 | 6453 N. Sheridan Road Sheridan Road Sheridan Road is a major north-south thoroughfare that leads from Diversey Parkway in Chicago, Illinois, north to the Illinois-Wisconsin border and beyond to Racine. Throughout most of its run, it is the easternmost north-south through street, closest to Lake Michigan... |
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| Madlener House Madlener House The Madlener House, also known as Albert F. Madlener House, is a Prairie School house located at 4 West Burton Street in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1902 by Richard E. Schmidt and Hugh M.G. Garden for Albert F. and Elsa S. Madlener. It houses the Graham Foundation for... |
March 22, 1973 | 4 W. Burton Place | October 15, 1970 | |
| Main Building and Machinery Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology | May 26, 2004 | 3300-20 S. Federal Street & 100 W. 33rd Street | August 12, 2005 | |
| Majestic Building and Theater | May 11, 2005 | 22 W. Monroe Street | ||
| Manhattan Building | July 7, 1978 | 431 S. Dearborn Street | March 16, 1976 | |
| Marie Schock House Marie Schock House The Marie Schock House is a Shingle Style house at 5749 West Race Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1888 by Fredrick R. Schock for his mother Marie Schock. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on January 20, 1999.-References:... |
January 20, 1999 | 5749 W. Race Avenue | ||
| Marquette Building Marquette Building (Chicago) The Marquette Building, completed in 1895, is a Chicago, Illinois landmark that was built by the George A. Fuller Company and designed by architects Holabird & Roche. The building is currently owned by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation... |
June 9, 1975 | 140 S. Dearborn Street | August 17, 1973 | January 7, 1976 |
| Marshall Field and Company Building Marshall Field and Company Building Marshall Field and Company Building or Macy's at State Street is the former flagship location of the former Marshall Field's department store and the current location of the Chicago flagship of Macy's... |
November 1, 2005 | 111 N. State Street State Street (Chicago) State Street is a large south-north street in Chicago, Illinois, USA and its south suburbs. It begins on the Near North Side at North Avenue. For much of its course, it lies between Wabash Avenue on the east and Dearborn Street/Lafayette Avenue on the west... |
June 2, 1978 | June 2, 1978 |
| Mather Tower Mather Tower Mather Tower is a Neo-Gothic, terra cotta-clad high-rise structure in Chicago, Illinois, USA... |
March 7, 2001 | 75 E. Wacker Drive Wacker Drive Wacker Drive is a major street in Chicago, Illinois, United States, running along the south side of the main branch and the east side of the south branch of the Chicago River... |
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| McCormick Double House | October 6, 2005 | 660 N. Rush Street Rush Street (Chicago) Rush Street is predominantly a northbound one-way street in the Near North Side community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States... |
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| McCormick Row House District McCormick Row House District The McCormick Row House District is a group of houses located in the Lincoln Park community area in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It sits between East and West parts of DePaul University's Lincoln Park Campus and is independent from the school. They were built between 1884 and 1889 and used by the... |
May 4, 1977 | 800-block of W. Chalmers Place; 832-58 W. Belden Avenue; 833-927 W. Fullerton Avenue | ||
| McGill House | April 26, 2006 | 4938 S. Drexel Boulevard | ||
| McGraw-Hill Building McGraw-Hill Building (Chicago) The McGraw-Hill Building was a 16-story, landmark building in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. The facade and its architectural sculpture by Chicago-born artist Gwen Lux was landmarked by the city prior to demolition, then taken down and reinstalled in 2000 on the new... |
February 7, 1997 | 520 N. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
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| Medinah Temple Medinah Temple Built by the Shriners architects Huehl and Schmidt in 1912, the Medinah Temple is a colorful Islamic-looking building replete with pointed domes and an example of Moorish Revival architecture. It is located on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois at 600 N... |
June 27, 2001 | 600 N. Wabash Avenue | ||
| John and Clara Merchant House | October 8, 2008 | 3854 N. Kostner Avenue | ||
| Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church Building | July 19, 2007 | 4100 S. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive | ||
| Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church, originally named the Third Church of Christ, Scientist, is a landmark church located on West Washington Boulevard in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The church was built in 1901 by Hugh M.G. Garden. The church was sold to its current owners in 1947. It was designated... |
February 16, 1989 | 2151 W. Washington Boulevard | ||
| Michigan Avenue Bridge and Esplanade Michigan Avenue Bridge The Michigan Avenue Bridge has a north–south orientation, spanning the main stem of the Chicago River between the Near North Side and Loop community areas of Chicago. Its northern portal lies at the foot of the Magnificent Mile, between the Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower... |
October 2, 1991 | Chicago River, between N. Michigan Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... and S. Wabash Avenues |
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| Historic Michigan Boulevard District Historic Michigan Boulevard District The Historic Michigan Boulevard District is a historic district in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States encompassing Michigan Avenue between 11th or Roosevelt Road , depending on the source, and Randolph Streets and named after the nearby Great Lake... |
February 27, 2002 | N-S Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... , between E. 11th and E. Randolph Streets Randolph Street (Chicago) Randolph Street is a street in Chicago. It runs east-west through the Chicago Loop, carrying westbound traffic west from Michigan Avenue across the Chicago River on the Randolph Street Bridge, interchanging with the Kennedy Expressway , and continuing west. It serves as the northern boundary of... |
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| Mid-North District Mid-North District The Mid-North District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The district was built between 1865 to 1900 by various architects. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on August 31, 1977.... |
August 31, 1977 | Bounded by Fullerton Avenue, Armitage Avenue, Lincoln Avenue Lincoln Avenue (Chicago) Lincoln Avenue is a major diagonal thoroughfare of the north side of city of Chicago. It runs from Clark Street on the western border of Lincoln Park largely to the northwest, ending in Morton Grove, Illinois... and Clark Street Clark Street (Chicago) Clark Street is a north-south street in Chicago, Illinois that runs close to the shore of Lake Michigan from the northern city boundary with Evanston, to 2200 South in the city street numbering system... |
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| Mid-North District Extension | September 29, 2004 | Cobden Apartments: 418-24 W. Belden Avenue/2300-24 N. Clark Street Clark Street (Chicago) Clark Street is a north-south street in Chicago, Illinois that runs close to the shore of Lake Michigan from the northern city boundary with Evanston, to 2200 South in the city street numbering system... Benson Apartments: 428-38 W. Belden Avenue |
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| Miller House Allan Miller House The Allan Miller House is a prairie style house in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago, United States. Located along Paxton Avenue, the home is the only surviving example of Frank Lloyd Wright colleague John S. Van Bergen's work found in Chicago. The house is cast in prairie style and was... |
December 1, 1993 | 7121 S. Paxton Avenue | August 23, 1991 | |
| Milwaukee Avenue District | April 9, 2008 | Predominantly the 1200-1600 blocks of N. Milwaukee Avenue Milwaukee Avenue (Chicago) Milwaukee Avenue is a major diagonal street in the city of Chicago and the northern suburbs. True to its name, it once led to the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Starting with a short section at N. Canal and W. Lake Streets, it begins in earnest at the corner of N Desplaines and W. Kinzie Streets... , the 1500-block of N. Damen Avenue, and the 1900-2000- blocks of W. North Avenue |
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| Milwaukee-Diversey-Kimball District | February 9, 2005 | Generally at the intersection of Milwaukee Milwaukee Avenue (Chicago) Milwaukee Avenue is a major diagonal street in the city of Chicago and the northern suburbs. True to its name, it once led to the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Starting with a short section at N. Canal and W. Lake Streets, it begins in earnest at the corner of N Desplaines and W. Kinzie Streets... , Diversey, and Kimball Avenues |
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| Monadnock Block Monadnock Building The Monadnock Building , is a skyscraper located at 53 West Jackson Boulevard in the south Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The north half of the building was designed by the firm of Burnham & Root and built in 1891... |
November 14, 1973 | 53 W. Jackson Boulevard | November 20, 1970 | |
| Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalog House | May 17, 2000 | 600-618 W. Chicago Avenue | June 2, 1978 | June 2, 1978 |
| Motor Row District Motor Row District The Motor Row District is a historic district in Chicago’s Near South Side community area. Motor Row includes buildings on Michigan Avenue between 2200 and 2500 south, directly west of McCormick Place convention center, and 1444, 1454, 1737, 1925, 2000 S. Michigan Ave., as well as 2246-3453 S.... |
December 13, 2000 | 1444, 1454, 1737, 1925, 2000 S. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... , 2200-2500 blocks of S. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... , 2246-3453 S. Indiana Avenue, and 2211-47 S. Wabash Avenue |
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| Mundelein College Skyscraper Building | December 13, 2006 | 1020 W. Sheridan Road Sheridan Road Sheridan Road is a major north-south thoroughfare that leads from Diversey Parkway in Chicago, Illinois, north to the Illinois-Wisconsin border and beyond to Racine. Throughout most of its run, it is the easternmost north-south through street, closest to Lake Michigan... |
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| Museum of Science and Industry Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) The Museum of Science and Industry is located in Chicago, Illinois, USA in Jackson Park, in the Hyde Park neighborhood adjacent to Lake Michigan. It is housed in the former Palace of Fine Arts from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition... |
November 1, 1995 | 57th Street at Lake Shore Drive Lake Shore Drive Lake Shore Drive is a mostly freeway-standard expressway running parallel with and alongside the shoreline of Lake Michigan through Chicago, Illinois, USA. Except for the portion north of Foster Avenue , Lake Shore Drive is designated as part of U.S... |
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| Navy Pier Headhouse and Auditorium Navy Pier Navy Pier is a long pier on the Chicago shoreline of Lake Michigan. It is located in the Streeterville neighborhood of the Near North Side community area. The pier was built in 1916 at a cost of $4.5 million, equivalent to $ today. It was a part of the Plan of Chicago developed by architect and... |
November 14, 1977 | Grand Avenue Grand Avenue (Chicago) Grand Avenue is a major east-west arterial surface street in the city of Chicago and nearby DuPage County, although it deviates somewhat from Chicago's grid system, as it is diagonal west of Western Avenue. The street runs from the Kingery Highway Grand Avenue is a major east-west arterial surface... and Streeter Drive at Lake Michigan Lake Michigan Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. It is the second largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron... |
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| New Regal Theater New Regal Theater The New Regal Theater is located at 1641 East 79th Street, in Chicago, Illinois. The theater opened as the Avalon Theater in 1927. The design is an "atmospheric" Moorish Revival movie palace designed by John Eberson, who was nationally known for the atmospheric design... |
June 17, 1992 | 1641 E. 79th Street | ||
| Newport Avenue District | February 9, 2005 | Newport Avenue, between Halsted Halsted Street Halsted Street is a major north-south street in the American city of Chicago, Illinois.-Location:In Chicago's grid system, Halsted street marks 800 West, one mile west of State Street, from Grace Street in Lakeview south to the city limits at the Little Calumet River in West Pullman... and Clark Streets Clark Street (Chicago) Clark Street is a north-south street in Chicago, Illinois that runs close to the shore of Lake Michigan from the northern city boundary with Evanston, to 2200 South in the city street numbering system... |
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| New York Life Insurance Building New York Life Insurance Building, Chicago The New York Life Insurance Building is a 14 story building at 39 South LaSalle Street in Chicago, Illinois. It was designed by William Le Baron Jenney and completed in 1894. In 2002, the building was given a preliminary landmark status.- Future :... |
July 26, 2006May 13, 2009 Amendment | 37-43 S. LaSalle Street LaSalle Street LaSalle Street is a major north-south street in Chicago named for Sieur de La Salle, an early explorer of Illinois. The portion that runs through the Loop is considered to be Chicago's financial district... |
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| Richard Nickel Richard Nickel Richard Stanley Nickel was an American photographer and historian of Polish descent best known for his efforts to preserve and document the buildings of architect Louis Sullivan.-Early life:... Studio |
June 9, 2010 | 1810 W. Cortland Street | ||
| Nickerson House Nickerson House The Samuel Nickerson House, located at 40 East Erie Street in the Near North Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, is a Chicago Landmark. The house, built in 1883, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.... |
September 28, 1977 | 40 E. Erie Street | November 7, 1976 | |
| Noble-Seymour-Crippen House Noble-Seymour-Crippen House The Noble-Seymour-Crippen House, also known as the Norwood Park Historical Society Museum, is a mansion located at 5624 North Newark Avenue in Chicago's Norwood Park community area... |
May 11, 1988 | 5624 N. Newark Avenue | August 10, 2000 | |
| North Chicago Hospital Building | May 13, 2009 | 2551 N. Clark Street Clark Street (Chicago) Clark Street is a north-south street in Chicago, Illinois that runs close to the shore of Lake Michigan from the northern city boundary with Evanston, to 2200 South in the city street numbering system... |
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| North Kenwood District North Kenwood District The North Kenwood District is a historic district in the Kenwood community area of Chicago, Illinois. It includes the 4500-block of South Berkeley, as well as surrounding historic structures in an area bounded by 43rd Street, 47th Street, Cottage Grove, and the Illinois Central Railroad tracks. ... |
June 9, 1993 | 4500-block of S. Berkeley Avenue, as well as surrounding historic structures in an area bounded by E. 43rd Street, E. 47th Street, S. Cottage Grove Avenue, and the Illinois Central Railroad Illinois Central Railroad The Illinois Central Railroad , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, is a railroad in the central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois with New Orleans, Louisiana and Birmingham, Alabama. A line also connected Chicago with Sioux City, Iowa... tracks. |
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| Northwestern University Settlement House Northwestern University Settlement House The Northwestern University Settlement House is an Arts and Crafts style house located at 1400 West Augusta Boulevard in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The Settlement Association was founded in 1891 by Northwestern University to provide resources to the poor and new immigrants to the West Town... |
December 1, 1993 | 1400 W. Augusta Boulevard Oak Street (Chicago) Oak Street is a short street on Chicago's Gold Coast at 1000 North in Chicago's street numbering system, running from 138 east to 648 west in the Near North Side community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It ends without crossing the North Branch of the Chicago River... |
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| Site of First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction | October 27, 1971 | 5600 block of S. Ellis Avenue | October 15, 1966 | February 18, 1965 |
| Oakdale Avenue District | March 29, 2006 | 800 Block of W. Oakdale Avenue between Halsted Street Halsted Street Halsted Street is a major north-south street in the American city of Chicago, Illinois.-Location:In Chicago's grid system, Halsted street marks 800 West, one mile west of State Street, from Grace Street in Lakeview south to the city limits at the Little Calumet River in West Pullman... and Mildred Avenue |
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| Oakland District Oakland District The Oakland District is a historic district in the Oakland community area of Chicago, Illinois, USA. The district was built between 1872 to 1905 by Cicero Hine and other various architects. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on March 25, 1992.... |
March 25, 1992 | 4100 block of S. Berkeley Avenue, as well as surrounding historic structures in an area bounded by 35th Street, 43rd Street, Cottage Grove Avenue, and the Illinois Central Railroad Illinois Central Railroad The Illinois Central Railroad , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, is a railroad in the central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois with New Orleans, Louisiana and Birmingham, Alabama. A line also connected Chicago with Sioux City, Iowa... tracks |
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| Old Chicago Coast Guard Station (now Chicago Marine Safety Station) | December 12, 2007 | Lake Michigan Lake Michigan Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. It is the second largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron... near the mouth of the Chicago River Chicago River The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of that runs through the city of the same name, including its center . Though not especially long, the river is notable for being the reason why Chicago became an important location, as the link between the Great Lakes and... |
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| Old Colony Building Old Colony Building (Chicago) The Old Colony Building is 17-story landmark building in the Chicago Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. Designed by the architectural firm Holabird & Roche in 1893-94, it stood at approximately 215 feet and was the tallest building in Chicago at the time it was built... |
July 7, 1978 | 407 S. Dearborn Street | January 2, 1976 | |
| Old Dearborn Bank Building Old Dearborn Bank Building The Old Dearborn Bank Building is a historic building in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. It is one of only two Rapp and Rapp buildings designed as an office building. The building was designated a Chicago Landmark on June 4, 2003.... |
June 4, 2003 | 203 N. Wabash Avenue | ||
| Old Edgebrook District Old Edgebrook District The Old Edgebrook is a historic district and neighborhood in the Forest Glen community area of Chicago, Illinois, USA. The district was built in 1894 by various architects. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on December 14, 1988.... |
December 14, 1988 | Bounded by N. Central and N. Devon Devon Avenue (Chicago) Devon Avenue is a major east-west thoroughfare in the Chicago metropolitan area. It begins at Chicago's Sheridan Road, which borders Lake Michigan, and it runs west until merging with Higgins Road near O'Hare International Airport. Devon continues on the opposite side of the airport and runs... Avenues, the North Branch of the Chicago River Chicago River The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of that runs through the city of the same name, including its center . Though not especially long, the river is notable for being the reason why Chicago became an important location, as the link between the Great Lakes and... , and the Edgebrook Golf Course |
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| Old Town Triangle District Old Town, Chicago Old Town is a neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, bounded by the Ogden Ave. right-of-way on the northwest, Larrabee Street on the west, Clybourn Avenue on the southwest and Division Street on the south and Clark Street on the east and northeast. It spans across eastern parts of the community areas... |
September 28, 1977 | Bounded by N. Lincoln Avenue Lincoln Avenue (Chicago) Lincoln Avenue is a major diagonal thoroughfare of the north side of city of Chicago. It runs from Clark Street on the western border of Lincoln Park largely to the northwest, ending in Morton Grove, Illinois... , W. North Avenue, N. Wells Street Wells Street (Chicago) Wells Street is a main North–South road in downtown Chicago. It is officially designated as 200 West, and is named in honor of William Wells, a United States Army Captain who died in the Battle of Fort Dearborn.... , and the former Ogden Ogden Avenue (Chicago) Ogden Avenue is an arterial street extending from the Near West Side of Chicago to Aurora, Illinois.The street follows the route of the Southwestern Plank Road, which opened in 1848 across swampy terrain between Chicago and Riverside, Illinois, and was extended to Naperville by 1851.The 1909 Plan... right-of-way |
November 8, 1984 | |
| Oliver Building Oliver Building (Chicago) The Oliver Building is located at 159 N. Dearborn Street in Chicago within the Loop. It was built for the Oliver Typewriter Company from 1907-1908 by Holabird & Roche. When two floors were added in 1920, Holabird & Roche were hired for the expansion. The cast iron exterior features... |
May 9, 1984 | 159 N. Dearborn Street | December 8, 1983 | |
| One North LaSalle Building | April 16, 1996 | 1 N. LaSalle Street LaSalle Street LaSalle Street is a major north-south street in Chicago named for Sieur de La Salle, an early explorer of Illinois. The portion that runs through the Loop is considered to be Chicago's financial district... |
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| On Leong Merchants Association Building | December 1, 1993 | 2216 S. Wentworth Avenue | ||
| Overton Hygienic Building Overton Hygienic Building The Overton Hygienic Building is a Chicago Landmark and part of the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois. It is located at 3619-3627 State Street.... |
September 9, 1998 | 3619-27 S. State Street State Street (Chicago) State Street is a large south-north street in Chicago, Illinois, USA and its south suburbs. It begins on the Near North Side at North Avenue. For much of its course, it lies between Wabash Avenue on the east and Dearborn Street/Lafayette Avenue on the west... |
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| Page Brothers Building Page Brothers Building The Page Brothers Building, 177-91 North State Street in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States, features the city's last remaining cast iron front on the north facade facing Lake Street... |
January 28, 1983 | 177-91 N. State Street State Street (Chicago) State Street is a large south-north street in Chicago, Illinois, USA and its south suburbs. It begins on the Near North Side at North Avenue. For much of its course, it lies between Wabash Avenue on the east and Dearborn Street/Lafayette Avenue on the west... |
June 5, 1975 | |
| Palliser's Cottage Home No. 35 Palliser's Cottage Home No. 35 The Palliser's Cottage Home No. 35 is a Prairie style house at 2314 West 111th Place in the Morgan Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1882 by Palliser, Palliser & Co. for Rev. Johan Edgren. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on February 16,... |
February 16, 2000 | 2314 W. 111th Place | ||
| Palmer House Hotel Palmer House The Palmer House Hilton is a famous and historic hotel in downtown Chicago.-History:There have been three Palmer House Hotels at the corner of State and Monroe Streets in Chicago.... |
December 13, 2006 | 17 E. Monroe Street | ||
| Palmolive Building Palmolive Building The Palmolive Building, formerly the Playboy Building, is a 37-story Art Deco building at 919 N. Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Built by Holabird & Root, it was completed in 1929 and was home to Colgate-Palmolive-Peet.... |
February 16, 2000 | 919 N. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
August 21, 2003 | |
| Pate-Comiskey House | October 1, 2003 | 5131 S. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
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| Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge Canal Street railroad bridge The Canal Street railroad bridge is a vertical lift bridge across the south branch of the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois. When it was constructed in 1914 its 1500 ton main span was the heaviest of any vertical lift bridge in the United States... |
December 12, 2007 | Near 19th Street, East of Lumber Street, South Branch of the Chicago River Chicago River The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of that runs through the city of the same name, including its center . Though not especially long, the river is notable for being the reason why Chicago became an important location, as the link between the Great Lakes and... |
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| Pennsylvania Railroad "Eight Track" Bridge | December 12, 2007 | South of 31st Street, West of Western Avenue Western Avenue (Chicago) Western Avenue is the longest continuous street within the city of Chicago at in length. Western Avenue extends south as a continuous road to the Dixie Highway at Sibley Boulevard in Dixmoor, giving the road a total length of . However, Western Avenue extends intermittently through the... , Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, is the only shipping link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system, by way of the Illinois and Des Plaines Rivers... |
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| Peoples Gas Irving Park Neighborhood Store | March 18, 1987 | 4839 W. Irving Park Road | ||
| Peoples Gas South Chicago Neighborhood Store | April 16, 1996 | 8935 S. Commercial Avenue | ||
| Perkins, Fellows & Hamilton Office and Studio Perkins, Fellows & Hamilton Office and Studio Perkins, Fellows & Hamilton Office and Studio is a brick and stone building located along the Magnificent Mile in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. It was named a Chicago Landmark on December 1, 1993.-Notes:... |
December 1, 1993 | 814 N. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
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| Henry V. Peters House | May 5, 2004 | 4731 N. Knox Avenue | ||
| Wendell Phillips High School | May 7, 2003 | 244 E. Pershing Road | ||
| Pilgrim Baptist Church Pilgrim Baptist Church Pilgrim Baptist Church is an historic church located on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, USA. The landmarked building was originally constructed for a synagogue, K.A.M. Isaiah Israel Temple. The church is notable both as an architectural landmark and for the cultural contributions by the... |
December 18, 1981 | 3301 S. Indiana Avenue | April 26, 1973 | |
| Pittsfield Building Pittsfield Building The Pittsfield Building, is a 38-story skyscraper located at 55 E. Washington Street in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, USA, that was the city's tallest building at the time of its completion... |
November 6, 2002 | 55 E. Washington Street | ||
| Powhatan Apartments Powhatan Apartments The Powhatan or Powhatan Apartments is a 22-story luxury apartment building overlooking Lake Michigan and adjacent to Burnham Park in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The building was designed by architects Robert S. de Golyer and Charles L. Morgan.Much of the Art Deco detailing is... |
January 12, 1993 | 4950 S. Chicago Beach Drive | ||
| Prairie Avenue District Prairie Avenue District The Prairie Avenue District is a historic district in the Near South Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. It includes the 1800 and 1900 blocks of South Prairie Avenue and the 1800 block of South Indiana, and 211-217 East Cullerton. It was the site of the Battle of Fort Dearborn and became the... |
December 27, 1979 | 1800 and 1900-blocks of S. Prairie Avenue Prairie Avenue Prairie Avenue is a north–south thoroughfare on the South Side of Chicago, which historically extended from 16th Street in the Near South Side community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States, to the city's southern limits and beyond. The street has a rich history from its origins... , 1800-block of S. Indiana Avenue, and 211-217 E. Cullerton Street |
November 15, 1972 | |
| Printing House Row District Printing House Row District The Printing House Row District is a U.S. historic district on the 500 through 800 blocks of South Dearborn, South Federal and South Plymouth Streets in the Loop community area of Chicago, IL... |
May 9, 1996 | 500- through 800-blocks of S. Dearborn Street, S. Federal Street and S. Plymouth Court | January 7, 1976 | January 7, 1976 |
| Pulaski Park Fieldhouse | July 29, 2003 | 1419 W. Blackhawk Street | August 13, 1981 | |
| Pullman District Pullman District The Pullman District, as it has been designated on the list of Chicago Landmarks, or Pullman Historic District, as it has been designated on the National Register of Historic Places, was the first model, planned industrial community in the United States... |
October 16, 1972 (South section) June 9, 1993 (North section) |
Roughly bounded by E. 104th Street, E. 115th Street, S. Cottage Grove Avenue and S. Langley Street | October 8, 1969 | December 30, 1970 |
| Quinn Chapel Quinn Chapel AME Church (Chicago, Illinois) Quinn Chapel AME Church, also known as Quinn Chapel of the A.M.E. Church, houses Chicago's oldest African-American congregation, formed by seven individuals as a nondenominational prayer group that met in the house of a member in 1844. In 1847, the group organized as a congregation of the African... |
August 13, 1977 | 2401 S. Wabash Avenue | September 4, 1979 | |
| Raber House Raber House The Raber House is an Italianate style house located at 5760 South Lafayette Avenue in the Washington Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1870 by Thomas Wing. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on April 16, 1996.... |
April 16, 1996 | 5760 S. Lafayette Avenue | ||
| Race House Race House The Race House is an Italianate style house located at 3945 North Tripp Avenue in the Irving Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1874 by an unknown architect for Stephen A. Race. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on September 22, 1988.The Stephen A.... |
September 22, 1988 | 3945 N. Tripp Avenue | ||
| Rath House Rath House The Rath House is an architecturally significant house located at 2703 West Logan Boulevard in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was built in 1907 by the architect George W. Maher for John Rath, the owner of the Rath Cooperage Company, one of the largest... |
December 1, 1993 | 2703 W. Logan Boulevard | ||
| Reebie Storage Warehouse Reebie Storage Warehouse The Reebie Storage Warehouse was built for the Reebie Storage and Moving Company in Chicago, Illinois, in 1922. Located at 2325-2333 North Clark Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, it is a widely recognized example of Egyptian Revival architecture... |
September 1, 1999 | 2325-33 N. Clark Street Clark Street (Chicago) Clark Street is a north-south street in Chicago, Illinois that runs close to the shore of Lake Michigan from the northern city boundary with Evanston, to 2200 South in the city street numbering system... |
March 21, 1979 | |
| Reid, Murdoch & Co. Building Reid, Murdoch & Co. Building The Reid, Murdoch & Co. Building, also known as the Reid Murdoch Building, the Reid Murdoch Center or the City of Chicago Central Office Building, is a seven story office building in Chicago. It was constructed in 1914 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It also has... |
November 15, 1976 | 320 N. Clark Street Clark Street (Chicago) Clark Street is a north-south street in Chicago, Illinois that runs close to the shore of Lake Michigan from the northern city boundary with Evanston, to 2200 South in the city street numbering system... |
August 28, 1975 | |
| Reliance Building Reliance Building The Reliance Building is a skyscraper located at 32 North State Street in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The first floor and basement were designed by John Root of the Burnham and Root architectural firm in 1890, with the rest of the building completed by Charles B. Atwood in 1895... |
July 11, 1995 | 32 N. State Street State Street (Chicago) State Street is a large south-north street in Chicago, Illinois, USA and its south suburbs. It begins on the Near North Side at North Avenue. For much of its course, it lies between Wabash Avenue on the east and Dearborn Street/Lafayette Avenue on the west... |
October 15, 1970 | January 7, 1976 |
| Roanoke Building and Tower | December 12, 2007 | 11 S. LaSalle Street LaSalle Street LaSalle Street is a major north-south street in Chicago named for Sieur de La Salle, an early explorer of Illinois. The portion that runs through the Loop is considered to be Chicago's financial district... |
December 6, 2007 | |
| Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ Building | March 29, 2006 | 4021 S. State Street State Street (Chicago) State Street is a large south-north street in Chicago, Illinois, USA and its south suburbs. It begins on the Near North Side at North Avenue. For much of its course, it lies between Wabash Avenue on the east and Dearborn Street/Lafayette Avenue on the west... |
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| Robie House Robie House The Frederick C. Robie House is a U.S. National Historic Landmark in the Chicago, Illinois neighborhood of Hyde Park at 5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue on the South Side. It was designed and built between 1908 and 1910 by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and is renowned as the greatest example of his Prairie... |
September 15, 1971 | 5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue | October 15, 1966 | November 27, 1963 |
| Rockefeller Memorial Chapel | November 3, 2004 | 1156-1180 E. 59th Street | ||
| Roloson Houses Roloson Houses The Roloson Houses, also known as Robert Roloson Houses, are houses in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1894 by Frank Lloyd Wright for Robert W. Roloson.... |
December 27, 1979 | 3213-19 S. Calumet Avenue | June 30, 1977 | |
| Rookery Building Rookery Building The Rookery Building is a historic landmark located in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Completed by John Wellborn Root and Daniel Burnham of Burnham and Root in 1888, it is considered one of their masterpiece buildings. It once housed the office of the... |
July 5, 1972 | 209 S. LaSalle Street LaSalle Street LaSalle Street is a major north-south street in Chicago named for Sieur de La Salle, an early explorer of Illinois. The portion that runs through the Loop is considered to be Chicago's financial district... |
April 17, 1970 | May 15, 1975 |
| Rosehill Cemetery Entrance Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago Rosehill Cemetery is a Victorian era cemetery on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois, USA, and at , is the largest cemetery in the City of Chicago. The name "Rosehill" resulted from a City Clerk's error – the area was previously called "Roe's Hill", named for nearby farmer Hiram Roe... |
October 16, 1980 | 5800 N. Ravenswood Avenue | April 24, 1975 | |
| Carl Sandburg House Carl Sandburg Carl Sandburg was an American writer and editor, best known for his poetry. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, two for his poetry and another for a biography of Abraham Lincoln. H. L. Mencken called Carl Sandburg "indubitably an American in every pulse-beat."-Biography:Sandburg was born in Galesburg,... |
October 4, 2006 | 4646 N. Hermitage Avenue | ||
| Wigwam (Site of the Sauganash Hotel) Wigwam (Chicago) The Wigwam was a convention center and meeting hall that served as the site of the 1860 Republican National Convention. It was located in Chicago, Illinois at Lake Street and Market near the Chicago River. This site had previously been the site of the Sauganash Hotel, Chicago's first hotel... |
November 6, 2002 | Lake Street Lake Street (Chicago) Lake Street is an east-west arterial road in Chicago and its suburbs. Part of Lake Street is designated as U.S. Route 20. Lake Street begins in the city of Chicago and travels west and slightly north to the Chicago suburbs. It ends at the eastern terminus of the Elgin Bypass around Elgin, where... and Market (now Wacker Drive Wacker Drive Wacker Drive is a major street in Chicago, Illinois, United States, running along the south side of the main branch and the east side of the south branch of the Chicago River... ) |
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| Schlect House Schlect House The Schlect House is a Shingle Style house at 5804 West Race Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1887 by Fredrick R. Schlock for his aunt Catherine Schlect. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on January 20, 1999.-References:... |
January 20, 1999 | 5804 W. Race Avenue | ||
| Schoenhofen Brewery Schoenhofen Brewery Historic District The Schoenhofen Brewery Historic District is centered around the former site of the Peter Schoenhofen Brewing Company at 18th and Canalport Avenue in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.... |
July 13, 1988 | 18th Street and Canalport Avenue | December 27, 1978 | |
| Schurz High School Schurz High School Carl Schurz High School is a public secondary school located in the old section of the Irving Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.This school is named after German–American Carl Schurz, a statesman, soldier, and advocate of democracy in Germany.... |
December 7, 1979 | 3601 N. Milwaukee Avenue Milwaukee Avenue (Chicago) Milwaukee Avenue is a major diagonal street in the city of Chicago and the northern suburbs. True to its name, it once led to the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Starting with a short section at N. Canal and W. Lake Streets, it begins in earnest at the corner of N Desplaines and W. Kinzie Streets... |
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| Sears, Roebuck and Company Administration Building | September 4, 2002 | 3333 W. Arthington Street | June 2, 1978 | June 2, 1978 |
| Second Presbyterian Church | September 28, 1977 | 1936 S. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
December 27, 1974 | |
| Seven Houses on Lake Shore Drive District Seven Houses on Lake Shore Drive District The Seven Houses on Lake Shore Drive District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The district was built between 1889 to 1917 by various architects including Benjamin Marshall, Holabird & Roche, Howard Van Doren Shaw, and McKim, Mead & White. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on... |
June 28, 1989 | 1250-60 and 1516-30 N. Lake Shore Drive Lake Shore Drive Lake Shore Drive is a mostly freeway-standard expressway running parallel with and alongside the shoreline of Lake Michigan through Chicago, Illinois, USA. Except for the portion north of Foster Avenue , Lake Shore Drive is designated as part of U.S... |
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| Sexton School | June 7, 1978 | 160 W. Wendell Street | ||
| Shedd Park Fieldhouse | February 11, 2004 | 3600 W. 23rd Street | December 30, 1974 | |
| Sheridan Trust and Savings Bank Building Sheridan Trust and Savings Bank Building The Sheridan Trust and Savings Bank Building is a 12-story terra cotta building at 4753 North Broadway Avenue in Uptown, Chicago. The first eight floors of the structure were built in 1924 by Marshall and Fox. Huszagh and Hill added a four-story addition in 1928.The building's original tenant, the... |
October 8, 2008 | 4753 N. Broadway Broadway Street (Chicago) Broadway is a major street in Chicago's Lakeview, Uptown, and Edgewater community areas on the city's North Side, running from Diversey Parkway to Devon Avenue . Originally called Evanston Avenue, the name of the street was changed to Broadway on August 15, 1913 as part of 467 road name changes... |
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| Shoreland Hotel Shoreland Hotel The Shoreland is a former hotel in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1986... |
September 8, 2010 | 5454 S. Shore Drive | May 14,1986 | |
| Soldiers' Home Soldiers' Home The Soldiers' Home is an Italianate style house in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The Soldiers' House is located at 739 E. 35th St. The house was built in a series of phases from 1864 to 1923 by William W. Boyington and other various architects. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on April 16,... |
April 16, 1996 | 739 E. 35th Street | ||
| South Pond Refectory Men's and Ladies' Comfort Station |
February 5, 2003 | 2021 N. Stockton Drive 2019 N. Stockton Drive |
November 20, 1986 | |
| South Side Community Art Center South Side Community Art Center The South Side Community Art Center is a community art center in Chicago that opened in 1940 with support from the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project in Illinois. It was the first black art museum in the United States and has been an important center for the development Chicago's... |
June 16, 1994 | 3831 S. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
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| South Side Trust & Savings Bank Building | July 9, 2008 | 4659 S. Cottage Grove Avenue | ||
| South Shore Cultural Center South Shore Cultural Center The South Shore Cultural Center, in Chicago, Illinois, is a cultural facility located at 71st Street and South Shore Drive, in the city's South Shore neighborhood. It encompasses the grounds of the former South Shore Country Club.... |
May 26, 2004 | 7059 S. South Shore Drive | March 4, 1975 | |
| Statue of the Republic Statue of the Republic The Statue of the Republic is a gilded bronze sculpture in Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois. The statue was built in 1918 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago and the Illinois statehood centennial... |
June 4, 2003 | Jackson Park Jackson Park (Chicago) Jackson Park is a 500 acre park on Chicago's South Side, located at 6401 South Stony Island Avenue in the Woodlawn community area. It extends into the South Shore and Hyde Park community areas, bordering Lake Michigan and several South Side neighborhoods... , at the intersection of Hayes and Richards Drives |
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| St. Charles Air Line Bridge St. Charles Air Line Bridge The St. Charles Air Line Bridge is a Strauss Trunnion bascule bridge which spans the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois.Built as part of the St. Charles Air Line Railroad by the American Bridge Company in 1919, the bridge originally had a span of 260 feet ... |
December 12, 2007 | North of 16th Street and East of Lumber Street, South Branch of the Chicago River Chicago River The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of that runs through the city of the same name, including its center . Though not especially long, the river is notable for being the reason why Chicago became an important location, as the link between the Great Lakes and... |
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| St. Gelasius Church Building | January 14, 2004 | 6401-09 S. Woodlawn Avenue | ||
| St. Ignatius College Prep Building | March 18, 1987 | 1076 W. Roosevelt Road Roosevelt Road Roosevelt Road is a major east-west thoroughfare in the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its western suburbs. It is 1200 South in the city's street numbering system, but only one mile south of Madison Street... |
November 17, 1977 | |
| Steuben Club Building | July 26, 2006 | 188 W. Randolph Street Randolph Street (Chicago) Randolph Street is a street in Chicago. It runs east-west through the Chicago Loop, carrying westbound traffic west from Michigan Avenue across the Chicago River on the Randolph Street Bridge, interchanging with the Kennedy Expressway , and continuing west. It serves as the northern boundary of... |
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| Stock Yards National Bank Building | October 8, 2008 | 4150 S. Halsted Street Halsted Street Halsted Street is a major north-south street in the American city of Chicago, Illinois.-Location:In Chicago's grid system, Halsted street marks 800 West, one mile west of State Street, from Grace Street in Lakeview south to the city limits at the Little Calumet River in West Pullman... |
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| Sunset Cafe Sunset Cafe The Sunset Cafe was a jazz club in Chicago, Illinois operating during the 1920s and 1930s. It was one of the most important American jazz clubs, especially around the period between 1917 and 1928 when Chicago became a creative capital of Jazz innovation... |
September 9, 1998 | 315 E. 35th Street | ||
| Supreme Life Building | September 9, 1998 | 3501 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive | ||
| Surf-Pine Grove District | July 19, 2007 | Predominantly 400- and 500-Blocks of West Surf Street and 2800-Block of North Pine Grove Avenue | ||
| Swedish American State Bank Building | July 9, 2008 | 5400 N. Clark Street Clark Street (Chicago) Clark Street is a north-south street in Chicago, Illinois that runs close to the shore of Lake Michigan from the northern city boundary with Evanston, to 2200 South in the city street numbering system... |
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| Lorado Taft's Midway Studios Lorado Taft Midway Studios The Lorado Taft Midway Studios consist of a converted and relocated barn that became the art studio of one of the early 20th century's most important sculptors, Lorado Taft. It is located in the Woodlawn community area of Chicago, Illinois and is now owned by the University of Chicago. It was... |
December 1, 1993 | 6016 S. Ingleside Avenue | October 15, 1966 | December 21, 1965 |
| Terra Cotta Row District | September 14, 2005 | Four buildings and decorative wall located at Oakdale and Seminary Avenues | ||
| Thalia Hall | October 25, 1989 | 1215-25 W. 18th Street | ||
| Third Unitarian Church Third Unitarian Church The Third Unitarian Church is a Unitarian Universalist church in the West Side of Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in November 1868. Because of its pioneering architecture for its day, it has become much of a landmark in Chicago, and is now an official landmark... |
February 6, 2008 | 301 N. Mayfield Avenue | ||
| Theurer-Wrigley House Theurer-Wrigley House Theurrer-Wrigley House, also known as the Jannes, Theurer, Wrigley Mansion, is a historical building located in the Lincoln Park of in Chicago, United States. This Italian Renaissance-style mansion was first commissioned by brewery baron Joseph Theurer and purchased in 1911 by Chicago's Wrigley... |
August 10, 1979 | 2466 N. Lakeview Avenue | July 28, 1980 | |
| Three Arts Club | June 10, 1981 | 1300 N. Dearborn Street | ||
| Tree Studios, Annexes, and Courtyard Tree Studio Building and Annexes The Tree Studio Building and Annexes was an artist colony established in Chicago, Illinois in 1894 by Judge Lambert Tree and his wife, Anne Tree.... |
State Street building, February 26, 1997 Ohio Street and Ontario Street annexes and courtyard, June 27, 2001 |
601-623 N. State Street State Street (Chicago) State Street is a large south-north street in Chicago, Illinois, USA and its south suburbs. It begins on the Near North Side at North Avenue. For much of its course, it lies between Wabash Avenue on the east and Dearborn Street/Lafayette Avenue on the west... , 4-10 E. Ohio Street and 3-7 E. Ontario Street |
December 16, 1974 | |
| Tribune Tower Tribune Tower The Tribune Tower is a neo-Gothic building located at 435 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. It is the home of the Chicago Tribune and Tribune Company. WGN Radio also broadcasts from the building, with ground-level studios overlooking nearby Pioneer Court and Michigan Avenue. CNN's... |
February 1, 1989 | 435 N. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
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| Truevine Missionary Baptist Church Building | February 7, 2007 | 6720 S. Stewart Avenue | ||
| Trustees System Service Building Trustees System Service Building Formerly known as Trustees System Service Building, the now Century Tower Condominiums is located at 182 West Lake Street in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois.-Construction:... |
January 14, 2004 | 201 N. Wells Street Wells Street (Chicago) Wells Street is a main North–South road in downtown Chicago. It is officially designated as 200 West, and is named in honor of William Wells, a United States Army Captain who died in the Battle of Fort Dearborn.... |
September 3, 1998 | |
| Turzak House Turzak House The Turzak House is a house located at 7059 North Olcott Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built between 1938 and 1939 by Bruce Goff for Charles Turzak. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on December 9, 1992.... |
December 9, 1992 | 7059 N. Olcott Avenue | ||
| Ukrainian Village District Ukrainian Village District The Ukrainian Village District is a landmark-designated district of residential buildings within the West Town community area of Chicago, Illinois... |
December 4, 2002, extended July 27, 2005 and April 11, 2007 | Portions of the area bounded by W. Chicago Avenue, N. Damen Avenue, W. Division Street Division Street (Chicago) Division Street is a major east-west street in Chicago, Illinois, located at 1200 North . Division Street begins in the Gold Coast neighborhood near Lake Shore Drive, passes through Polonia Triangle at Milwaukee Avenue into Wicker Park and continues to Chicago's city limits and into the city's... , and N. Western Avenue Western Avenue (Chicago) Western Avenue is the longest continuous street within the city of Chicago at in length. Western Avenue extends south as a continuous road to the Dixie Highway at Sibley Boulevard in Dixmoor, giving the road a total length of . However, Western Avenue extends intermittently through the... |
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| Union Station Union Station (Chicago) Union Station is a major train station that opened in 1925 in Chicago, replacing an earlier 1881 station. It is now the only intercity rail terminal in Chicago, as well as being the city's primary terminal for commuter trains. The station stands on the west side of the Chicago River between Adams... |
May 1, 2002 | 210 S. Canal Street | ||
| Union Stock Yard Gate Union Stock Yard Gate The Union Stockyard Gate, located on Exchange Avenue at Peoria Street, was the entrance to the famous Union Stock Yards in Chicago. The gate was designed by John Wellborn Root of Burnham and Root around 1875. The work was commissioned by the superintendent of the yards at the time, John B. Sherman... |
February 24, 1972 | W. Exchange Avenue and S. Peoria Street | December 27, 1972 | May 29, 1981 |
| Unity Hall | September 9, 1998 | 3140 S. Indiana Avenue | April 30, 1986 | |
| Uptown Theatre Uptown Theatre (Chicago) The Uptown Theatre, also known as the Balaban and Katz Uptown Theatre, is a massive, ornate movie palace in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Designed by Rapp and Rapp and constructed in 1925, it the last of the "big three" movie palaces built by the Balaban & Katz theatre chain run by... |
October 2, 1991 | 4816 N. Broadway Broadway Street (Chicago) Broadway is a major street in Chicago's Lakeview, Uptown, and Edgewater community areas on the city's North Side, running from Diversey Parkway to Devon Avenue . Originally called Evanston Avenue, the name of the street was changed to Broadway on August 15, 1913 as part of 467 road name changes... |
November 20, 1986 | |
| Vassar Swiss Underwear Company Building Vassar Swiss Underwear Company Building The Vassar Swiss Underwear Company Building is an industrial loft building located at 2545 West Diversey Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. It is also known as the Cooper Lamp Building and as of 2010 is slated to house the Green Exchange, a combination business incubator and office space... |
July 30, 2008 | 2543-45 W. Diversey Avenue | September 17, 2008 | |
| Vesemen Building | December 12, 2007 | 442-444 N. LaSalle Street LaSalle Street LaSalle Street is a major north-south street in Chicago named for Sieur de La Salle, an early explorer of Illinois. The portion that runs through the Loop is considered to be Chicago's financial district... |
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| Victory Monument Victory Monument (Chicago) The Victory Monument, created by sculptor Leonard Crunelle, was built to honor the Eighth Regiment of the Illinois National Guard, an African-American unit that served in France during World War I. It is located in the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District in the Douglas community area of Chicago,... |
September 9, 1998 | E. 35th Street and S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive | April 30, 1986 | |
| Villa District Villa District The Villa District, also known as Villa Historic District, is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is located on Chicago's Northwest Side within the community area of Irving Park. Its borders are along Pulaski Road to the west, the Union Pacific/Northwest rail line to the north, Hamlin... |
November 23, 1983 | 3600 through 3800-blocks of N. Avers, Hamlin, Harding and Springfield Avenues | September 11, 1979 | |
| Village North Theatre | May 13, 2009 | 1546-50 N. Clark Street Clark Street (Chicago) Clark Street is a north-south street in Chicago, Illinois that runs close to the shore of Lake Michigan from the northern city boundary with Evanston, to 2200 South in the city street numbering system... |
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| Vorwaerts Turner Hall | November 18, 2009 | 2431-33 W. Roosevelt Road Roosevelt Road Roosevelt Road is a major east-west thoroughfare in the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its western suburbs. It is 1200 South in the city's street numbering system, but only one mile south of Madison Street... |
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| Wabash Avenue YMCA Wabash Avenue YMCA The Wabash Avenue YMCA is a Chicago Landmark located within the Chicago Landmark Black Metropolis-Bronzeville Historic District in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois. This YMCA facility served as an important social center within the Black Metropolis area, and it also provided housing... |
September 9, 1998 | 3763 S. Wabash Avenue | April 30, 1986 | |
| Waller Apartments Waller Apartments The Edward C. Waller Apartments are located from 2840 to 2858 W. Walnut Street in Chicago, Illinois. They were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1895. Some of the oldest buildings to be used for subsidized housing in Chicago, they received Chicago Landmark status on March 2, 1994.-Note:... |
March 2, 1994 | 2840-58 W. Walnut Street | ||
| Walser House | March 30, 1984 | 42 N. Central Avenue | ||
| James Ward Public School | September 14, 2005 | 2703 S. Shields Avenue | ||
| Washington Block Washington Block Washington Block is a Chicago Landmark building located in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Designed by Frederick and Edward Baumann it was built between 1873–1874 in the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on January... |
January 14, 1997 | 40 N. Wells Street Wells Street (Chicago) Wells Street is a main North–South road in downtown Chicago. It is officially designated as 200 West, and is named in honor of William Wells, a United States Army Captain who died in the Battle of Fort Dearborn.... |
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| Washington Park Court District Washington Park Court District The Washington Park Court District is a Grand Boulevard community area neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 2, 1991. Despite its name, it is not located within either the Washington Park community area or the Washington Park park,... |
October 2, 1991 | 4900-4959 S. Washington Park Court; and 417-439 E. 50th Street | ||
| Washington Square Park, Chicago | May 16, 1990 | 901 N. Clark Street Clark Street (Chicago) Clark Street is a north-south street in Chicago, Illinois that runs close to the shore of Lake Michigan from the northern city boundary with Evanston, to 2200 South in the city street numbering system... |
May 20, 1991 | |
| Washington Square Historic District Washington Square Historic District (Chicago) Washington Square Historic District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois that includes Washington Square Park, Chicago. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 21, 2003. The Washington Square District was declared a Chicago Landmark on May 16, 1990 and... |
May 16, 1990 | Washington Square Park, N. Dearborn Street, from W. Walton Street to W. Chicago Avenue. | August 21, 2003 | |
| Washington Square District Extension Washington Square Historic District (Chicago) Washington Square Historic District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois that includes Washington Square Park, Chicago. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 21, 2003. The Washington Square District was declared a Chicago Landmark on May 16, 1990 and... |
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| Washington Square District Extension, Isaac Maynard Row Houses Washington Square Historic District (Chicago) Washington Square Historic District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois that includes Washington Square Park, Chicago. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 21, 2003. The Washington Square District was declared a Chicago Landmark on May 16, 1990 and... |
May 11, 2005 | 119-123 W. Delaware Place | ||
| Old Chicago Water Tower District Old Chicago Water Tower District The Old Chicago Water Tower District is a historic district along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. The district is located on both sides of North Michigan Avenue between East Chicago and East Pearson Streets. It includes the... |
October 6, 1971; amended June 10, 1981 |
806/821 N. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
April 23, 1975 | |
| Ida B. Wells-Barnett House Ida B. Wells-Barnett House The Ida B. Wells - Barnett House was the residence of civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells, and her husband Ferdinand Lee Barnett from 1919 to 1930. It is located at 3624 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Drive in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois. It was designated a Chicago... |
October 2, 1995 | 3624 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive | May 30, 1974 | May 30, 1974 |
| Dr. Philip Weintraub House | November 18, 2009 | 3252 W. Victoria Street | ||
| West Town State Bank Building | October 1, 2003 | 2400 W. Madison Street Madison Street (Chicago) Madison Street is a major east-west street in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to human intervention, the Chicago River emptied into Lake Michigan at the present day intersection of Madison Street and Michigan Avenue.... |
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| Wheeler-Kohn House Wheeler-Kohn House The Wheeler-Kohn House is a Queen Anne and Second Empire Style house in the Near South Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1870 by Otis L. Wheelock for Calvin Wheeler.... |
February 5, 1998 | 2018 S. Calumet Avenue | August 12, 1999 | |
| Whistle Stop Inn Whistle Stop Inn The Whistle Stop Inn is a two story building in Chicago, Illinois that held a variety of businesses. Built in 1889 in the Irving Park neighborhood, it represents a type of intimate neighborhood store front that was common, but is now rare. The Whistle Stop Inn was designated a Chicago Landmark in... |
December 5, 1990 | 4200 W. Irving Park Road | ||
| Wicker Park District Wicker Park District The Wicker Park District is a historic district in the West Town community area of Chicago, Illinois. It is the neighborhood bounded by Bell Avenue, Caton Street, Leavitt Street, Potomac Avenue and Chicago 'L' tracks... |
April 12, 1991 | Bounded by N. Bell Avenue, W. Caton Street, N. Leavitt Street, W. Potomac Avenue and "L" tracks | ||
| Wingert House Wingert House The Wingert House is a nineteenth century farmhouse located at 6231 North Canfield Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. One of the oldest surviving farmhouses within the Chicago city limits, the building received Chicago Landmark status on July 31, 1990... |
July 31, 1990 | 6231 N. Canfield Avenue | ||
| Woman's Athletic Club Woman's Athletic Club Woman's Athletic Club is a historic building located along the Magnificent Mile in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1898, it is the home of the first athletic club for women in the United States. It was named a Chicago Landmark on October 2, 1991.... |
October 2, 1991 | 626 N. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
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| Wood-Maxey-Boyd House | October 1, 2003 | 2801 S. Prairie Avenue Prairie Avenue Prairie Avenue is a north–south thoroughfare on the South Side of Chicago, which historically extended from 16th Street in the Near South Side community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States, to the city's southern limits and beyond. The street has a rich history from its origins... |
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| Richard Wright House Richard Wright (author) Richard Nathaniel Wright was an African-American author of sometimes controversial novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially those involving the plight of African-Americans during the late 19th to mid 20th centuries... |
February 10, 2010 | 4831 S. Vincennes Avenue | ||
| Wrigley Field Wrigley Field Wrigley Field is a baseball stadium in Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago Cubs since 1916. It was built in 1914 as Weeghman Park for the Chicago Federal League baseball team, the Chicago Whales... |
February 11, 2004 | 1060 W. Addison Street | ||
| Yale Apartments Yale Apartments The seven story Yale Apartments, also known as The Yale, is an important "first generation" residential high-rise, a building type made possible by advances in building structure and technology, and reflects the great growth in real estate development which typified the city in the 1890s... |
April 9, 2003 | 6565 S. Yale Avenue | March 5, 1998 | |
| Yondorf Block and Hall | July 25, 2001 | 758 W. North Avenue | November 13, 1984 |
Registered Historic Places and Landmarks not designated Chicago Landmarks
As noted in the list above, there are many places that are designated as City landmarks but they have not been nationally registered. There are also approximately 200 nationally Registered Historic Places in Chicago that are not also designated Chicago Landmarks. Of these, 13 are further designated as U.S. National Historic LandmarkNational Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...
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| Abbott, Robert S. House Robert S. Abbott House The Robert S. Abbott House is the former home of Robert S. Abbott, founder of the Chicago Defender newspaper. Located at 4742 South Martin Luther King, Jr... |
4742 S. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive | December 8, 1976 | December 8, 1976 |
| Adler Planetarium Adler Planetarium The Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum in Chicago, Illinois was the first planetarium built in the Western Hemisphere and is the oldest in existence today. Adler was founded and built in 1930 by the philanthropist Max Adler, with the assistance of the first director of the planetarium, Philip Fox... |
1300 S. Lake Shore Drive Lake Shore Drive Lake Shore Drive is a mostly freeway-standard expressway running parallel with and alongside the shoreline of Lake Michigan through Chicago, Illinois, USA. Except for the portion north of Foster Avenue , Lake Shore Drive is designated as part of U.S... |
February 27, 1987 | February 27, 1987 |
| Columbus Park Columbus Park (Chicago) Columbus Park, located on the west side of Chicago, Illinois in the Austin neighborhood, is bounded by West Adams Street, South Austin Boulevard, South Central Avenue, and the Eisenhower Expressway, to which it lost nine acres when the expressway was constructed. The remnant park is part of the... |
500 S. Central Avenue | July 31, 2003 | July 31, 2003 |
| Compton, Arthur H., House Arthur H. Compton House The Arthur H. Compton House, located at 5637 South Woodlawn Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, was the residence of professor Arthur Compton from the late 1920s until 1945. Arthur Compton was a physicist who discovered the Compton Effect, proving that light has both a particle and a wave aspect. ... |
5637 S. Woodlawn Avenue | May 11, 1976 | May 11, 1976 |
| DePriest, Oscar Stanton, House Oscar Stanton De Priest House The Oscar Stanton De Priest House is the current name of an eight-flat apartment building located at 4536-4538 South Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive in Chicago, Illinois, USA... |
4536-4538 S. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive | May 15, 1975 | May 15, 1975 |
| Du Sable, Jean Baptiste Point, Homesite Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite The Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite is the location where, in the 1780s, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable located his home and trading post. This home is generally considered to be the first permanent, non Native, residence in Chicago, Illinois. The site of Point du Sable's home is now partially... |
401 N. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
May 11, 1976 | May 11, 1976 |
| Lillie, Frank R., House Frank R. Lillie House The Frank R. Lillie House is the former home of American embryologist Frank R. Lillie. Located at 5801 South Kenwood Avenue in Hyde Park community area of Chicago, Illinois, the building was designated a National Historic Landmark on May 11, 1976.-Note:... |
5801 S. Kenwood Avenue | May 11, 1976 | May 11, 1976 |
| Millikan, Robert A., House Robert A. Millikan House The Robert A. Millikan House is the former home of American physicist Robert A. Millikan. Located at 5605 South Woodlawn Avenue in Hyde Park community area of Chicago, Illinois, the three-story brick building earned National Historic Landmark status on May 11, 1976.-Note:... |
5605 S. Woodlawn Avenue | May 11, 1976 | May 11, 1976 |
| Orchestra Hall Symphony Center Symphony Center is a music complex located at 220 South Michigan Avenue in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois. Home to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Sinfonietta, Symphony Center includes the 2,522-seat Orchestra Hall, which dates from 1904; Buntrock Hall, a rehearsal and... |
220 S. Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system... |
April 19, 1994 | March 21, 1978 |
| Room 405, George Herbert Jones Laboratory George Herbert Jones Laboratory The George Herbert Jones Laboratory, at 5747 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, is a facility building of the University of Chicago. Room 405 of the building was named a National Historic Landmark in May 1967.... |
5747 S. Ellis Avenue | May 28, 1967 | May 28, 1967 |
| Shedd Aquarium Shedd Aquarium The John G. Shedd Aquarium is an indoor public aquarium in Chicago, Illinois in the United States that opened on May 30, 1930. The aquarium contains over 25,000 fish, and was for some time the largest indoor aquarium in the world with of water. The Shedd Aquarium was the first inland aquarium with... |
1200 S. Lake Shore Drive Lake Shore Drive Lake Shore Drive is a mostly freeway-standard expressway running parallel with and alongside the shoreline of Lake Michigan through Chicago, Illinois, USA. Except for the portion north of Foster Avenue , Lake Shore Drive is designated as part of U.S... |
February 27, 1987 | February 27, 1987 |
| U-505 (German Submarine) | Museum of Science and Industry Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) The Museum of Science and Industry is located in Chicago, Illinois, USA in Jackson Park, in the Hyde Park neighborhood adjacent to Lake Michigan. It is housed in the former Palace of Fine Arts from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition... |
June 29, 1989 | June 29, 1989 |
| Williams, Daniel Hale, House Daniel Hale Williams House The Daniel Hale Williams House is the former home of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams , one of the first major African American surgeons. Located at 445 East 42nd Street in Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago Illinois, the building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1975.-References:... |
445 E. 42nd Street | May 15, 1975 | May 15, 1975 |
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Central ChicagoNational Register of Historic Places listings in Central ChicagoCurrently there are 114 National Register of Historic Places listings in Central Chicago, out of 326 listings in the City of Chicago. Central Chicago includes 3 of the 77 well-defined community areas of Chicago: the historic business and cultural center of Chicago, the Loop, as well as the Near...
- National Register of Historic Places listings in North Side ChicagoNational Register of Historic Places listings in North Side ChicagoThere are 81 sites in the National Register of Historic Places listings in North Side Chicago, out of 326 listings in the City of Chicago. The North Side is defined for this article as the area west of Lake Michigan, north of North Avenue and east of the Chicago River plus the area north of...
- National Register of Historic Places listings in South Side ChicagoNational Register of Historic Places listings in South Side ChicagoThere are 78 sites on the National Register of Historic Places listings in South Side Chicago, out of 326 listings in the City of Chicago. The South Side 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 southern...
- National Register of Historic Places listings in West Side ChicagoNational Register of Historic Places listings in West Side ChicagoThere are 54 sites in the National Register of Historic Places listings in West Side Chicago, out of 326 listings in the City of Chicago. The West Side is defined for this article as the area north of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, south of Fullerton Avenue, west of the Chicago River and east...