{"nrhp_refnum":"08001169","name":"Talman West Ridge Bungalow Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"bounded roughly by N. Campbell Ave., W. Devon Ave., N. Fairfield Ave., and W. Pratt Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.99753756550007,"lon":-87.69749661972295,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-12-10","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 in the West Ridge community area on Chicago's north side, made up of bungalows, two- and three-flats and other houses built between 1919 and 1930, along with their rear garages.","why_significant":"The district shows the Chicago bungalow as it matured in the 1920s, when local architects and builders experimented with form and detailing. It is cohesive in scale and setback despite many different builders. Architect Benedict J. Bruns designed over fifty of its buildings, and local developers such as the Prudential Real Estate Company shaped its growth.","narrative":"Talman West Ridge is a residential neighborhood on Chicago's north side, about nine miles from the city center, just north of West Devon Avenue. It contains brick Chicago bungalows, earlier frame and stucco bungalows, two- and three-flats, Dutch Colonial and Tudor Revival houses, and 124 original garages, all built between 1919 and 1930. Dozens of architects and builders worked here, with Benedict J. Bruns the most prolific, designing more than fifty buildings. Construction peaked in 1925, when sixty-four buildings went up. Early bungalows were simple and flat-fronted, while later ones gained polygonal bays, art glass, tile roofs and elaborate limestone and brick detailing. Consistent setbacks, brick construction and shared decorative features give the blocks a cohesive look despite the variety of designs. The district is recognized as an example of the Chicago bungalow's maturing design and of middle-class housing in the 1920s. Most buildings keep their early twentieth-century appearance.","period_of_significance":"1919-1930","architect_builder":"Benedict J. Bruns, Lymon Allison, A. E. Norman, W. C. Wright, C. J. Johnson, William Presto (architects); builders including William E. Keller, Claude Morris, Ray Peters, George Peters and Prudential Real Estate Company","architectural_style":"Other: Chicago Bungalow","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current functions remain domestic: single and multiple dwellings and garages. Seven buildings are noncontributing because of alterations, and twenty-two were built after 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 02:55:37.487695-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/8909/28890986/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/08001169.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001169/aba1434c5c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001169/aba1434c5c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Thshriver","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Talman_West_Ridge_Bungalow_Historic_District_2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Thshriver</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:Talman_West_Ridge_Bungalow_Historic_District_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890986","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talman_West_Ridge_Bungalow_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85805072"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/talman-west-ridge-bungalow-historic-district-08001169/"}