{"nrhp_refnum":"90000745","name":"Sherman Park","other_names":["Park No. 7"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by W. 52nd St., Racine Ave., Garfield Blvd., and Loomis St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.79683787100004,"lon":-87.65508580361472,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-05-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Sherman Park is a 60.6-acre neighborhood park in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, planned from 1903-1904 as one of the South Park Commission's first neighborhood parks. It was designed by the Olmsted Brothers, with architecture by Edward Bennett of D.H. Burnham and Company.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the park is among the first in the United States created in response to the Progressive Reform movement. It is also a significant example of collaboration between a landscape design firm (Olmsted Brothers) and an architectural firm (D.H. Burnham and Company). Its programs, including playgrounds, gymnasia, bathing facilities, a fieldhouse and a library, reflect the movement's social agenda.","narrative":"Sherman Park is a 60.6-acre public park on Chicago's South Side, laid out between 1904 and 1907 as one of the South Park Commission's first neighborhood parks. The site was low, swampy ground near the stockyards. The Olmsted Brothers reshaped it into rolling earthworks, a lagoon and islands, with an informal landscape across the southern two-thirds. The northern third is formal and holds the recreation buildings designed by Edward Bennett of D.H. Burnham and Company. These include men's and women's gymnasiums, locker buildings and a fieldhouse built of cast \"marblecrete\" with Palladian openings and terra cotta details. The park was listed for its role in the Progressive Reform movement, which brought playgrounds, bathing facilities, athletic space and a library into working neighborhoods, and for the collaboration between the two design firms. Later changes include the loss of pergolas and the original office building, replacement of roofing, and added playgrounds and courts, but the overall design remains legible.","period_of_significance":"1904-07","architect_builder":"Burnham, D.H. and Company/ Bennett, Edward; Olmsted Brothers","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/ Beaux Arts Classicism","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current functions are park, sports facility and fieldhouse. Some features have been altered or lost, including the pergolas, office building, balustrades and original roofing, but the park retains a strong degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.626311-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/36/8909/28890936/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/90000745.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000745/1251a9488d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000745/1251a9488d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Zol87 from Chicago, IL, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sherman_Park.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Zol87 from Chicago, IL, USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sherman_Park.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/28890936","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7495222"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/sherman-park-90000745/"}