{"nrhp_refnum":"83003580","name":"Linden Park Place-Belle Avenue Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Sheridan Rd., Elm Pl., Linden, Park, and Central Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Highland Park","county":"Lake County","state":"IL","lat":42.18503137450003,"lon":-87.79452248154328,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-12-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 50-acre residential historic district in Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois, covering parts of Linden Park Place, Belle Avenue, Linden Avenue, Park Avenue, Park Lane and Elm Place. It contains about 41 keyed buildings dating from the late 1860s onward.","why_significant":"The district holds many of Highland Park's earliest homes, including four Highland Park Building Company houses from the late 1860s. It also has notable examples of Prairie School, Colonial Revival, Tudor and Miesian International Style architecture. Together they illustrate local architecture from early Victorian houses to mid-20th-century modern design.","narrative":"This roughly 50-acre neighborhood in Highland Park, Illinois, centers on Linden Park Place and Belle Avenue and extends along parts of Linden Avenue, Park Avenue, Park Lane and Elm Place. It holds some of the city's oldest houses, beginning in the late 1860s. Four Italianate and Victorian Gothic houses on Linden Park Place were built by the Highland Park Building Company, and Jonas Steers, the company's chief contractor, built his own distinctive home on Belle Avenue around 1875. Later decades added Prairie School houses by George Maher, Tallmadge and Watson, and John Van Bergen, along with Colonial Revival homes by Robert Seyfarth and Tudor houses by William D. Mann. A 1954 steel-and-glass house on Park Lane, designed by Crombie Taylor with Mies van der Rohe as consultant, represents the Miesian International Style. The district was listed because it shows the range of Highland Park architecture from early Victorian houses through mid-century modern design.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Highland Park Building Company; Jonas Steers (builder); George Maher; Tallmadge and Watson; John Van Bergen; Robert Seyfarth; William D. Mann; Crombie Taylor (with Mies van der Rohe consulting); Benjamin Marshall; Dubin and Dubin","architectural_style":"Mixed: Italianate, Victorian Gothic, Prairie School, Colonial Revival, Tudor, Miesian International Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Houses are in residential use; several have been altered or remodeled, and the Rudolph property remains in the family.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.369673-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/8912/28891249/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/83003580.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003580/4522b622c6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003580/4522b622c6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linden_Park_Place-Belle_Avenue_Historic_District.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu08</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:Linden_Park_Place-Belle_Avenue_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"82002563","name":"Hazel Avenue Prospect Avenue Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/hazel-avenue-prospect-avenue-historic-district-82002563/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891249","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linden_Park_Place-Belle_Avenue_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85776731"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/lake-county/linden-park-place-belle-avenue-historic-district-83003580/"}