{"nrhp_refnum":"85002901","name":"Logan Square Boulevards Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"W. Logan Blvd., Logan Sq., N. Kedzie Blvd., Palmer Sq., and N. Humbolt Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.91529991200005,"lon":-87.70015824348295,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-11-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about 400 structures along Logan, Kedzie and Humboldt boulevards and Logan and Palmer squares, a 2.5 mile section of Chicago's boulevard system about five miles northwest of downtown. Buildings mostly date from 1890 to 1915.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is the best-preserved continuous stretch of Chicago's nineteenth-century boulevard system, with few modern intrusions, commercial buildings or vacant lots. Its landscaped boulevards and the architectural quality of the adjacent residences, notably rock-faced graystone two-flats and three-flats modeled on elite mansions, give it significance in architecture, landscape architecture and community planning.","narrative":"Logan Square Boulevards is a residential historic district on Chicago's northwest side, made up of Logan, Kedzie and Humboldt boulevards and the Logan and Palmer squares. It forms a 2.5 mile section of the city's 26 mile boulevard system and contains roughly 400 buildings. Builders filled the lots between 1890 and 1915 with two- and three-story masonry two-flats, three-flats, single-family houses and apartment buildings, with a few churches and fraternal buildings. The Illinois Centennial Column, designed by Henry Bacon in 1918, anchors Logan Square. The district is notable for its rock-faced Bedford sandstone graystones, whose turrets, towers and bays echo the Romanesque mansions of Chicago's wealthy. Classical, Tudor and Prairie School designs add variety. Its significance rests on the intact boulevard landscape and the architectural quality of the buildings, with few modern intrusions or commercial buildings. It is considered the best-preserved continuous stretch of the city's nineteenth-century boulevards, and it was listed for its architecture, landscape architecture and community design.","period_of_significance":"1890-1925","architect_builder":"Various architects and builders, including Henry Bacon (Illinois Centennial Column), Worthmann & Steinbach, John Ahlschlager, Charles Sorenson, Fred Gatterdam and George Maher; see the list of significant structures.","architectural_style":"Eclectic late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century residential architecture: Romanesque and Queen Anne graystones, classical and Tudor revival, and Prairie School.","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition is good and largely unaltered; the district is in residential, commercial, park and religious use. The original elm and catalpa trees have been lost to disease and neglect.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.839197-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/8923/28892328/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/85002901.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002901/9ef5258e36-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002901/9ef5258e36-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.5","author":"Loganresident at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Illinois_Centennial_Memorial_Column.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Loganresident at en.wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Illinois_Centennial_Memorial_Column.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"12000040","name":"Chicago Park Boulevard System Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/chicago-park-boulevard-system-historic-district-12000040/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892328","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Square_Boulevards_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16894286"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/logan-square-boulevards-historic-district-85002901/"}