{"nrhp_refnum":"86001197","name":"East Park Towers","other_names":["East End Park Apartments"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5236--5252 S. Hyde Park Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.79974014900006,"lon":-87.58443029399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-05-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 10-story, U-shaped red brick apartment building with terra cotta trim at 5236-5252 South Hyde Park Boulevard in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, built in 1922-1923 and formerly called East End Park Apartments.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for the architect's imaginative response to an irregular, pie-shaped lot, using angled corners on the two main wings. It also blends several popular design styles of the era and gives the Georgian-style first floor an intimate residential quality in terra cotta and wood. A reviewer recommended acceptance under Criteria A and C as an early 20th century Georgian apartment/hotel.","narrative":"Rising ten stories above South Hyde Park Boulevard in Chicago, this U-shaped red brick apartment building was constructed in 1922-1923 to designs by architect William P. Doerr for the Shelbourne Hotel Corporation. It was originally known as East End Park Apartments. Terra cotta trim decorates the facade, which measures 170 feet along Hyde Park Boulevard and 140 feet along East 53rd Street. Palladian windows and quoined trim at the lower levels draw on Georgian design, while the parapet trim reflects the Mission style. Shops line the 53rd Street side, and the upper floors contain 135 apartments. The building is valued for how Doerr handled an awkward, pie-shaped lot, giving the two main wings angled corners that follow the site. He also combined several popular styles of the period and gave the Georgian-styled first floor a surprisingly intimate, residential feel in terra cotta and wood. Reviewers considered it locally significant for its architecture and its place in the city's social history.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William P. Doerr, Architect; Shelbourne Hotel Corp., Developers","architectural_style":"Georgian and Mission style influences","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The building holds 135 apartment units on the upper levels and several shops at the first level along the 53rd Street facade.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.61771-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/8909/28890946/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/86001197.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001197/9bae9eab8b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001197/9bae9eab8b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20080630_East_Park.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM)</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:20080630_East_Park.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890946","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Park_Towers","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72210261"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/east-park-towers-86001197/"}