{"nrhp_refnum":"07000114","name":"Falconer Bungalow Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by W. Wellington Ave., N. Lamon Ave., N. Laramie Ave., and the alley N of W. Diversey Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.93395219750005,"lon":-87.75422461039949,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-03-07","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 eight miles from downtown, made up of 348 Chicago bungalows and related buildings, built between 1915 and 1931 on former farmland subdivided by Laughlin Falconer.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant under Criterion A for promoting single-family homeownership in Chicago at a time when apartments and tenements were increasing residential density. Under Criterion C it is significant as a distinctive example of bungalow construction, with the largest documented concentration of early open-front-porch bungalows in the Chicago Bungalow Multiple Property Listing. It also retains a high degree of original architectural and urban integrity.","narrative":"Laid out on former farmland on Chicago's northwest side, this district holds 348 Chicago bungalows plus multi-family buildings, a public school and a church, all built mainly between 1915 and 1931. The one-and-one-half-story brick bungalows share low-pitched roofs, overhanging eaves, banded windows and limestone trim, and they sit on uniform lots with consistent setbacks, which gives the streets a steady rhythm. Early development was driven by two developer and architect teams: George C. Hield with Ernest Braucher, and Edward H. Olsen and Henry Van Vooren with Johan F. Knudson. Smaller builders and families building their own homes followed, with construction peaking in 1923 and 1924. The homes were modest and aimed at working-class buyers employed in nearby industry. The district contains the largest documented group of early open-front-porch bungalows under the Chicago bungalow listing. It was recognized for its role in promoting single-family homeownership and as a well-preserved example of bungalow construction.","period_of_significance":"1915-1931","architect_builder":"Hield, George C.; Braucher, Ernest; Olsen, Edward H. and Henry Van Vooren; Knudson, Johan F.; Anderson, Axel M.; Pearson, George E.","architectural_style":"Other: Chicago Bungalow","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used for single-family housing and garages; only nine of 391 primary structures are described as too altered to contribute, and two buildings postdate the period of significance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.742866-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/82/8909/28890982/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/07000114.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000114/0081424467-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000114/0081424467-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Thshriver","credit_html":"Thshriver, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Falconer_Bungalow_Historic_District_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890982","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falconer_Bungalow_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85760392"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/falconer-bungalow-historic-district-07000114/"}