{"nrhp_refnum":"09001225","name":"Berger Park","other_names":["Park No. 1255"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"6205-47 N. Sheridan Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.997467402500064,"lon":-87.65509004355721,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-01-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Berger Park is a 3.34-acre lakefront park district at 6205-47 N. Sheridan Road in Chicago's Edgewater community area. It contains two 1900s mansions with their coach houses, built in 1906 and 1910, now used as public recreation facilities.","why_significant":"The nomination finds the park locally significant under Criterion C for architecture. The two mansions and their coach houses are described as excellent examples of the American Four Square style and are among the few remaining lakeside mansions in Edgewater. They remain without substantial change and show excellent integrity after a restoration in the late 1980s.","narrative":"Berger Park occupies 3.34 acres at the northeast corner of North Sheridan Road and West Granville Avenue in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood, beside Lake Michigan. It includes two brick mansions, each with a coach house, plus a playground that does not contribute to the district. The south mansion and its coach house were built in 1906 for contractor Joseph Downey and designed by William Carbys Zimmerman. The north mansion, now the North Lakeside Cultural Center, and its coach house were built in 1910 for Samuel Gunder and designed by Myron Church. Both houses follow the American Four Square form, with a square plan, hipped roof and dormers, and the south house also carries Prairie style details. They are among the last remaining lakeside mansions from Edgewater's early period. The Clerics of St. Viator used the houses from the 1940s until 1979, and the Chicago Park District bought the land in 1981. Restoration in the late 1980s preserved the front facades and many interior details.","period_of_significance":"1906 - 1910","architect_builder":"William Carbys Zimmerman; Myron Church","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Other: American Four Square","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Now a public park with the mansions and coach houses used as recreational and cultural facilities, including a cultural center and a café; both mansions were restored in the late 1980s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.732233-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/1/8908/28890801/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/09001225.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001225/9e9f61817a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001225/9e9f61817a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Alanscottwalker","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berger_Park_3.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Alanscottwalker</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:Berger_Park_3.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890801","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berger_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18748938"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/berger-park-09001225/"}