{"nrhp_refnum":"84000931","name":"Belmont-Sheffield Trust and Savings Bank Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1001 W. Belmont Ave. and 3146 N. Sheffield Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.93977673300003,"lon":-87.65483403699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-03-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-story concrete corner building at 1001 W. Belmont Ave. and 3146 N. Sheffield Ave. in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, built in 1928 as a bank with offices, stores and a residential hotel (later known as the Montfield Hotel).","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the only pre-Depression bank building in Lakeview that keeps its architectural integrity, combining Neo-Classical bank design with Art Deco detail. It was also an unusual multi-use building, combining a bank, offices, stores and a hotel under one roof. It is historically important as the Swedish community bank in a strongly Swedish neighborhood, designed by Swedish-born architect John A. Nyden.","narrative":"Standing at the southwest corner of Belmont and Sheffield Avenues in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, this six-story concrete building was completed in 1928 to house a bank, offices, stores and a residential hotel. John A. Nyden, a Swedish-born architect, designed it with limestone and buff brick facing, a three-story arched Classical entry on Belmont, and Art Deco massing and ornament. Inside, a two-story banking room has a geometric skylight, marble flooring and plaster friezes. The bank opened in 1929 and closed in July 1933 after the bank holidays, having served the area's large Swedish population. It was financed and directed by Swedish businessmen. Of six neighborhood banks from the 1920s, it is described as the only one still true to its original design inside and out. Its combination of banking, commercial space and hotel use was unusual for the period in Chicago, which adds to its significance as an early multi-use structure.","period_of_significance":"1928","architect_builder":"John A. Nyden","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical combined with Art Deco","criteria":[],"status_note":"Marked as occupied and in fair, altered condition. The interior has suffered neglect and water damage, but much plasterwork, the skylight and the marble flooring survive.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.051121-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/78/8922/28892278/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/84000931.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000931/fa9598510e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000931/fa9598510e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.5","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belmont-sheffield.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belmont-sheffield.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"77000478","name":"Lakeview Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/lakeview-historic-district-77000478/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892278","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont%E2%80%93Sheffield_Trust_and_Savings_Bank_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4884310"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/belmont-sheffield-trust-and-savings-bank-building-84000931/"}