{"nrhp_refnum":"04000975","name":"Wrightwood Bungalow Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"4600 and 4700 Blks of W. Wrightwood Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.93035557750005,"lon":-87.7443248212147,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-09-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district made up of the 4600 and 4700 blocks of West Wrightwood Avenue on Chicago's northwest side, built between 1916 and 1926. It contains 63 contributing resources, including 50 houses and 13 garages, with mostly one-and-one-half-story brick Chicago bungalows.","why_significant":"The district is significant under Criterion A for its link to the promotion of single-family homeownership in Chicago, set against the rising density of apartments and tenements. Under Criterion C it embodies the bungalow as a distinctive type, period and method of residential construction, and it retains a high degree of integrity. It also shows both large-scale speculative building and individual development.","narrative":"Two blocks of West Wrightwood Avenue on Chicago's northwest side form a district of brick Chicago bungalows built between 1916 and 1926. The 4600 block was built in 1923-1924 by Stoltzner Construction Company with architect Joseph Klafter, who together produced all thirty-two bungalows there. The 4700 block grew more gradually through individual owners, small builders and architects, yet kept a similar scale and setback. The houses share low-pitched roofs, overhanging eaves, banded windows and brick and limestone detailing, set along a boulevard with a 200-foot right-of-way and a central green space. The showpiece is the yellow brick bungalow at 4701 W. Wrightwood, with a green terra cotta roof and extensive limestone ornament. The district was listed for its association with the spread of single-family homeownership in Chicago and for its well-preserved example of the bungalow type. Many early residents were immigrants or their children, who moved from mixed-use city neighborhoods to this quieter residential setting.","period_of_significance":"1916-1930","architect_builder":"Stoltzner Construction Company; Klafter, Joseph; various","architectural_style":"Other: Chicago Bungalow","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function remains domestic, with single dwellings and garages. Eight bungalows have been altered enough to be non-contributing, most often by large side dormers.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.666945-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/8909/28890976/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/04000975.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890976","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrightwood_Bungalow_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85816332"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/wrightwood-bungalow-historic-district-04000975/"}