{"nrhp_refnum":"89001729","name":"West Jackson Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["Pearson,James H.,House","See Also:West Jackson Historic Distri"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1513 W. Adams St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.87863921500008,"lon":-87.66722390099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-10-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Pearson House at 1513 West Adams Street in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, a three-story brick residence built in 1885 and designed and built by Burnham and Root. It was added to the West Jackson Boulevard Historic District through a boundary extension.","why_significant":"The extension meets Criterion C because the house adds to the architectural significance of the district. It was designed by the well-known firm Burnham and Root, and it is consistent in age, scale, materials and design with the district's other homes. It is also the last surviving house of its era on that block not already included.","narrative":"The Pearson House, at 1513 West Adams Street in Chicago, is a three-story brick residence with a stone base, completed in 1885 by the firm of Burnham and Root. It was built for James H. Pearson, a lumber dealer and philanthropist, and later housed his daughter Helen and her husband, the Rev. Hugh McDonald Scott. The house was added to the West Jackson Boulevard Historic District because new information showed Burnham and Root designed it. Its massing and vaguely Romanesque details are typical of affluent Chicago homes of the 1880s, yet the facade shows unusual experiments, such as windows and pilasters that deliberately contradict the expected structural lines. Surrounding houses on Adams Street have been demolished, leaving it as the last historic building on its block. Its age, scale, materials and design match the district's other houses, and its exterior remains largely as originally built.","period_of_significance":"1876-1890","architect_builder":"Burnham and Root (Daniel Burnham and John Root)","architectural_style":"Closest to Richardsonian Romanesque; the form says it does not fit a strict classification","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The exterior is preserved in its original condition, though some interior changes have been made.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.02424-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/94/8921/28892194/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/89001729.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001729/d6813a79e1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001729/d6813a79e1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Andrew Jameson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_Jackson_Boulevard_District_A_Chicago_IL.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Jameson</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:West_Jackson_Boulevard_District_A_Chicago_IL.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/28892194","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Boulevard_District_and_Extension","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6116964"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/west-jackson-historic-district-boundary-increase-89001729/"}