{"nrhp_refnum":"10000311","name":"West Argyle Street Historic District (Additional Documentation)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by N Sheridan Rd, W Ainslie St, N Broadway, and W Winona St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.97625271550004,"lon":-87.65701755065194,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-06-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, roughly bounded by North Sheridan Road, West Ainslie Street, North Broadway and West Winona Street. It holds apartment flats, apartment hotels and commercial blocks built between 1898 and 1938 near the Argyle elevated station.","why_significant":"The district is the most intact grouping of commercial buildings, apartment hotels and flat buildings that grew up around the Argyle train station. Its development followed the extension of the elevated railway into the northern lakefront neighborhoods. It shows how the area moved from single-family homes to dense urban development, and it keeps a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Seventy-three buildings make up this Uptown district, about six miles north of Chicago's Loop. Contributing buildings date from 1898 to 1938 and include Chicago flat buildings, courtyard apartments, apartment hotels, and one- and two-part commercial blocks, mostly brick with limestone and terra cotta detailing. Most rise one to three stories, while the twelve-story 5050 Sheridan Building of 1929 is the tallest. Styles range from Classical and Renaissance Revival to Tudor, Spanish Eclectic, Late Gothic, Queen Anne and Art Deco. Development was driven by the elevated railway, which reached Wilson Avenue after property owners petitioned in 1900 and later served an Argyle Street station. Single-family houses gave way to flats, and then to apartment hotels and storefronts clustered around the station. The district was drawn around the most intact surviving group of these buildings. Alterations are mostly to storefronts and windows, and later construction is limited and mostly matches the historic scale.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Levy & Klein (5050 Sheridan Building); William G. Krieg (5030-5032 North Kenmore); C. M. Almquist; S.H. Deufard; Charles Rawson; William M. Walter; Harry E. Stevens; F. E. Roberts","architectural_style":"Early 20th Century Revival styles (Classical, Renaissance, Spanish Eclectic, Tudor, Late Gothic); Modern Movement: Art Deco","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current functions listed include multiple dwellings, retail, single dwellings and religious facilities; the form describes high integrity with minimal post-1950 construction.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.239845-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/88/8925/28892588/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/10000311.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000311/6cf84aceb6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000311/6cf84aceb6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"User:JeremyA","credit_html":"User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Argyle_CTA_20100729.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892588","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Argyle_Street_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2564147"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/west-argyle-street-historic-district-additional-documentation-10000311/"}