{"nrhp_refnum":"08000294","name":"Andersonville Commercial Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"4900-5800 N. Clark St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.97985402000006,"lon":-87.66962173128037,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-03-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Entertainment/Recreation","European"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A commercial historic district along North Clark Street and Ashland Avenue in the Edgewater community of Chicago, between Ainslie Street and Rosehill Drive. It holds 161 buildings, 116 of them contributing, built mostly between 1905 and 1925.","why_significant":"The district is described as a self-sustaining commercial area formed for early Swedish immigrants and the wider Chicago population. It keeps many early twentieth century commercial buildings with good integrity, including brick buildings with limestone and terra cotta ornament. The text only partly covers the statement of significance because the document is truncated.","narrative":"Along North Clark Street and Ashland Avenue in Chicago's Edgewater community, a continuous corridor of commercial buildings runs from Ainslie Street north to Rosehill Drive. The district includes 161 buildings, of which 116 contribute to its character. Most are two- and three-story brick buildings with limestone or terra cotta trim, housing retail stores, bakeries, restaurants, banks, garages and mixed-use buildings with apartments above. Most construction took place between 1905 and 1925, and the period of significance runs from 1894 to 1959. The Commercial Style dominates, though Neoclassical, Beaux Arts, Queen Anne, Art Moderne, Renaissance Revival and Spanish Baroque examples also appear. The district was formed as a self-sustaining area for early Swedish immigrants and the general Chicago population. Storefronts have often been reclad, but many upper stories keep original windows, cornices and parapets. Non-contributing buildings are either new construction or heavily altered. The Temple Theater building at 5233 North Clark Street is cited as a leading example.","period_of_significance":"1894-1959","architect_builder":"Multiple architects named in the building inventory, including Niels Buck, Hall & Ostergren, Paul Frederick Olson, Carl M. Almquist, and Dubin & Eisenberg","architectural_style":"Late Victorian; Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals; Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements; Modern Movement (predominantly Commercial Style)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in commercial use, with a few residential units above stores. Many storefronts have been altered, but upper stories are often intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.795257-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/66/8922/28892266/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/08000294.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000294/d9432591ca-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000294/d9432591ca-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Zagalejo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andersonville,_Chicago.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Zagalejo</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andersonville,_Chicago.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892266","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andersonville_Commercial_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4754261"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/andersonville-commercial-historic-district-08000294/"}