{"nrhp_refnum":"84000937","name":"Buena Park Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Graceland Cemetery, Marine Drive, Irving Park Road, & Montrose Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.95821591650005,"lon":-87.6516411082084,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 326-acre residential historic district of roughly 400 buildings on Chicago's Lake Michigan shore, about five and one-half miles north of downtown, bounded by Graceland Cemetery, Marine Drive, Irving Park Road and Montrose Avenue.","why_significant":"The document describes the district as notable for its high-quality buildings that show the shift from picturesque late-nineteenth-century styles to more formal early-twentieth-century styles such as Prairie School and Classical Revival. It also stresses the mix of single-family houses and many kinds of apartment buildings, the unusual polychromatic brickwork, and the distinct boundaries and curving streets. Section 8 is not included in the text provided, so the full argument is only partly visible.","narrative":"Buena Park is a 326-acre neighborhood on Chicago's lakefront, about five and one-half miles north of downtown. Its roughly 400 buildings are mostly brick and mostly residential. Three- and four-story apartment buildings predominate, built chiefly between 1900 and 1920, with several larger apartment buildings and hotels added in the 1920s. Detached single-family houses, mainly dating from 1890 to 1915, form nearly continuous rows along Hutchinson Street, Hazel Street and a block of Junior Terrace. The area was listed for the quality and variety of its architecture, which shows the move from picturesque Queen Anne and Shingle Style designs to the more symmetrical Prairie School and Classical Revival styles. Many buildings use brick in white, buff, tan, red, orange, gray and gold. Curving streets, a diagonal Broadway, and clear edges at Graceland Cemetery, Lake Michigan, Montrose Avenue and Irving Park Road give the district a distinct identity, though tall modern apartment towers intrude in places.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Multiple architects listed, including George W. Maher, Jenney & Mundie, Schmidt, Garden & Martin, Francis Barry Byrne, Richard E. Schmidt, Albert S. Hecht and Bishop & Company","architectural_style":"Varied: Queen Anne, Shingle Style, Prairie School, Classical Revival, Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"General condition of the buildings is good. Some individual buildings along Kenmore are deteriorated, and recent restoration projects are noted, especially along Sheridan Road. Modern high-rise intrusions exist.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.673669-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/12/8923/28892312/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/84000937.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000937/689c8f8cc5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000937/689c8f8cc5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Alanscottwalker","credit_html":"Alanscottwalker, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arts_and_Crafts_-_Tudor_home.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892312","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buena_Park_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85749372"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/buena-park-historic-district-84000937/"}