{"nrhp_refnum":"05001608","name":"North Mayfair Bungalow Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by W. Foster Ave., N. Pulaski Rd., N. Kilbourn Ave., and W. Lawrence Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.00675717000004,"lon":-87.69512043164981,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-02-01","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 on Chicago's northwest side, roughly bounded by West Foster Avenue, North Pulaski Road, North Kilbourn Avenue and West Lawrence Avenue, built mainly between 1913 and 1930 and dominated by brick Chicago bungalows.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant under Criterion A for its link to the promotion of single-family homeownership in Chicago in the early twentieth century. It is significant under Criterion C as a cohesive, well-preserved group of brick bungalows representing a distinctive type, period and method of construction. It also shows early land-use patterns that were strictly residential and anticipated Chicago's 1923 zoning.","narrative":"North Mayfair is a quiet residential neighborhood on Chicago's northwest side, about nine miles from the city center, made up largely of red brick bungalows with limestone trim. Most of its buildings went up between 1913 and 1930, with construction peaking in 1923. Of the 782 resources dating from that period, 575 are brick bungalows, mixed with two- and three-flat apartment buildings, Tudor Revival cottages and about 185 garages. Lots are narrow and buildings sit about fifteen feet from the street, creating a uniform streetscape. Architects such as Ernest Braucher and Benedict Bruns designed more than 140 of the homes, while developers like Fred Cooper and Gustav Anderson built whole blocks. The district was recognized for its role in encouraging single-family homeownership for working-class families and for its well-preserved, consistent architecture. Its strictly residential layout also contrasted with nineteenth-century Chicago neighborhoods, where homes, shops and industry overlapped.","period_of_significance":"1913-1930","architect_builder":"Braucher, Ernest; Bruns, Benedict; Reynertson, T. J.; Wheeler, Charles A.; Pearson, George, architects","architectural_style":"Other: Chicago Bungalow","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current functions remain domestic (single and multiple dwellings, garages) plus education/school; 597 contributing and 122 noncontributing buildings are counted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.048098-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/80/8909/28890980/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/05001608.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001608/640d3684cd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001608/640d3684cd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:4936_North_Keeler_Avenue_(19754226750).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:4936_North_Keeler_Avenue_(19754226750).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"05001258","name":"Rogers Park Manor Bungalow Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/rogers-park-manor-bungalow-historic-district-05001258/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890980","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Mayfair,_Chicago","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3344139"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/north-mayfair-bungalow-historic-district-05001608/"}