{"nrhp_refnum":"85003031","name":"Swedish Club of Chicago","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1258 N. LaSalle St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.90549196000006,"lon":-87.63326249999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-12-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Three adjoining Italianate rowhouses at the southwest corner of LaSalle and Goethe Streets (1258 North LaSalle Street) on Chicago's Near North Side, built after the Chicago Fire of 1871 and probably around 1894, later enlarged with rear additions.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the rowhouses are good examples of post-Fire urban residential architecture, with only a few of roughly 135 townhouses along LaSalle Street remaining. They also housed the Swedish Club of Chicago for decades, making them a social and cultural center for the city's Swedish community, including art exhibitions and the Swedish Glee Club.","narrative":"Three connected brick and stucco townhouses at the corner of LaSalle and Goethe Streets in Chicago's Near North Side served for nearly a century as the home of the Swedish Club of Chicago. Built in the years after the Chicago Fire of 1871, with the nomination citing around 1894 as a probable date, they show Victorian Italianate detailing: carved limestone trim, bracketed sheet metal cornices, and angled multi-story bays on the two southern houses. The corner house has a hipped roof and a curved tower-form bay. Only a small number of the roughly 135 townhouses once lining this stretch of LaSalle Street survive. The Swedish Club acquired the buildings in the 1890s and added a concert hall and ballroom. It hosted language classes, Swedish-American art exhibitions, the Swedish Glee Club, and visiting Swedish notables. The buildings were listed for their link to Chicago's Swedish community and as rare post-Fire residential architecture.","period_of_significance":"1897-1935","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"The form says the facades are in good condition and could be restored. Some windows are deteriorated, basement openings are bricked in, and entrance doors are boarded up. Interiors are largely altered. Minutes note a rehabilitation underway.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.836856-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/1/8925/28892501/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/85003031.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003031/91c8df475a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003031/91c8df475a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swedish_Club_of_Chicago.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swedish_Club_of_Chicago.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892501","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Club_of_Chicago","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7654617"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/swedish-club-of-chicago-85003031/"}