{"nrhp_refnum":"01000081","name":"Chicago and North Western Railroad Depot","other_names":["Norwood Park Railroad Depot"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6088 North Northwest Hwy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.991641996000055,"lon":-87.79903715799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-02-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story wood and brick railroad depot at 6088 North Northwest Highway in the Norwood Park neighborhood on Chicago's northwest side, built in 1907 to replace an 1869 depot on the same site.","why_significant":"The depot is considered locally significant under Criterion A for transportation, as the community's direct physical link to the city by rail for nearly a century. It is also significant under Criterion C as an Arts and Crafts design by the Chicago firm of Frost and Granger that fits the residential character of the neighborhood. A 1929 baggage room extension responded to the population boom of the 1920s.","narrative":"Built in 1907 at 6088 North Northwest Highway, this small railroad depot serves Norwood Park, a largely residential neighborhood on Chicago's northwest side. It replaced an 1869 station on the same site and sits in a narrow park beside the tracks. The Chicago firm of Frost and Granger designed it in the Arts and Crafts style, using brick piers, clapboard walls, a gabled roof with broad eaves, exposed rafters, and scrolled wooden brackets. The interior keeps a waiting room with oak wainscoting and a ticket office with original oak counter and cabinetry. A baggage room was lengthened by ten feet in 1929 as the area's population grew sharply. The depot is significant for its role in transportation, as the neighborhood's main connection to central Chicago for nearly a century, and for its architecture, which suits the surrounding homes. The period of significance runs from 1907 to 1950. The building is described as vacant.","period_of_significance":"1907-1950","architect_builder":"Frost, Charles Sumner; Granger, Alfred Hoyt (Frost and Granger)","architectural_style":"Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century American Movements: Arts and Crafts","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The description states the building stands vacant today. It was acquired by Union Pacific in the late 1980s, and the line is run by Metra.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.095623-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/73/8926/28892673/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/01000081.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000081/4e855c57d5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000081/4e855c57d5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Zol87 from Chicago, IL, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norwood_Park_Metra_Station.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Zol87 from Chicago, IL, USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norwood_Park_Metra_Station.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"02001350","name":"Norwood Park Historical District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/norwood-park-historical-district-02001350/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892673","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwood_Park_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7061645"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/chicago-and-north-western-railroad-depot-01000081/"}