{"nrhp_refnum":"81000217","name":"Pulaski Park and Fieldhouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1419 W. Blackhawk St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.90586336200005,"lon":-87.66316749699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1981-08-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Tudor Revival brick fieldhouse and surrounding 3.8-acre park at 1419 West Blackhawk Street in Chicago, designed in 1912 by William Carbys Zimmerman for the West Chicago Park Commissioners.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a fine example of recreation architecture and of community planning for open space. It is a leading example of the 'Chicago Type' recreation center and the largest of its kind. Among the type, it is a stronger example of the Tudor style than most, which show Prairie influences. It also served the local Polish immigrant community.","narrative":"Pulaski Park and its fieldhouse occupy a 3.8-acre block on Chicago's West Side, bounded by Blackhawk Street, Potomac Avenue, Noble Street and Cleaver Street. The brick fieldhouse, designed in 1912 by William Carbys Zimmerman, is a Tudor Revival building with dormers, arched windows, a three-story tower and a loggia facing the park. Inside were an assembly hall with a stage, two gymnasiums, a library, a children's playroom and a lecture room. The park grew from a 1909 Illinois law allowing small parks and was sited in a crowded, mostly Polish neighborhood, named for Casimir Pulaski. Construction began in December 1912 after a lawsuit seeking to stop it was refused. The complex is considered the largest of the 'Chicago Type' recreation centers. Most of those centers show Prairie style influence, while Pulaski and Humboldt Park use Tudor elements. It offered English, Americanization and citizenship classes and became a center for the local Polish community.","period_of_significance":"1912","architect_builder":"W. C. Zimmerman","architectural_style":"Tudor Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition and altered, and in use as a public park for recreation; it retains its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.184485-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/30/8923/28892330/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/81000217.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000217/68247066ce-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000217/68247066ce-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Andrew Jameson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pulaski_Park_Fieldhouse_Chicago_IL.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Jameson</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:Pulaski_Park_Fieldhouse_Chicago_IL.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892330","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulaski_Park_(Chicago)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7259213"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/pulaski-park-and-fieldhouse-81000217/"}