{"nrhp_refnum":"91001364","name":"East Ravenswood Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Sheridan Park Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Lawrence Ave., Clark St., Irving Park Rd. and Ravenswood St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.958070615000054,"lon":-87.66915129985829,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-09-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large residential, commercial and light-industrial historic district in the Ravenswood neighborhood on Chicago's north side, roughly bounded by Lawrence, Clark, Irving Park and Ravenswood, with 1588 contributing and 136 noncontributing buildings, mostly dating from 1880 to 1929.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the district as a well-preserved example of a railroad and streetcar suburb that grew rapidly after the 1871 fire and annexation to Chicago in 1889. It preserves a wide mix of housing types and architectural styles for different economic levels, along with an industrial corridor beside the Chicago and Northwestern tracks.","narrative":"East Ravenswood is a neighborhood of about 1,700 buildings on Chicago's north side, roughly six miles north of the Loop, bounded by Lawrence, Clark, Irving Park and Ravenswood. Most buildings date from 1880 to 1929 and stand two or three stories tall, often on raised basements. Frame cottages and larger houses sit alongside brick two-, four- and six-flats, courtyard apartment buildings and corridor apartment buildings, many decorated with limestone trim and terra cotta. The area grew from the 1868 Ravenswood subdivision. After the 1871 fire, working-class and wealthier families moved there, drawn by cheaper wood-frame construction and distance from the city. Growth continued with streetcars, rail service, annexation to Chicago in 1889 and the extension of the elevated line in 1901. A light-industrial corridor along the railroad tracks and Ravenswood Avenue, together with commercial streets and many schools and churches, shows how the community developed. Its uniform scale and range of building types and styles make the district cohesive.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Neo-classical Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current functions listed include single and multiple dwellings, manufacturing facilities and specialty stores, the same as the historic functions.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.518482-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/8923/28892300/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/91001364.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001364/19839ab5e6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001364/19839ab5e6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Andrew Jameson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Ravenswood_Historic_District_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:East_Ravenswood_Historic_District_Chicago_IL.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"00001628","name":"Graceland Cemetery","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/graceland-cemetery-00001628/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892300","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Ravenswood_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85758348"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/east-ravenswood-historic-district-91001364/"}