{"nrhp_refnum":"93000837","name":"Garfield Park","other_names":["Central Park","Park #204"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"100 N. Central Park Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.88634573600007,"lon":-87.71619837842346,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-08-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 184.72-acre public park on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, planned in 1869 and developed by the West Park Commission beginning in 1871, with later landscape, building and structure additions through the 1930s.","why_significant":"The park reflects the work of several nationally important designers: William Le Baron Jenney's original naturalistic plan, Oscar F. Dubuis's additions in the 1880s, and Jens Jensen's major redevelopment between 1905 and 1920 in the Prairie style of landscape architecture. It also shows layers from the 1920s and WPA-funded work of the 1930s. The park keeps its historic roads, paths, lagoon, buildings and structures.","narrative":"Garfield Park is a 184.72-acre public park on Chicago's West Side, one of three pleasure grounds planned in 1869 and built by the West Park Commission from 1871. William Le Baron Jenney laid out the first section as a naturalistic landscape, using a large lagoon to drain the flat, clay prairie site. Oscar F. Dubuis completed much of the central and western areas in the 1880s. From 1905, Jens Jensen reworked the park as part of his experiments with Prairie style landscape design, adding a formal flower garden and a conservatory. Surviving structures include Jenney's 1874 suspension bridge, rebuilt in 1936, an 1890 stable, and an 1896 power house and octagonal marble bandstand by Joseph L. Silsbee. Work from the 1920s and the Works Progress Administration adds further layers, including an administration building and an Art Deco bridge. The park was listed for its designers, its landscape and its retained historic features despite some losses and alterations.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William Le Baron Jenney; Oscar F. Dubuis; Jens Jensen; Joseph L. Silsbee; William Carbys Zimmerman","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century/Exotic Revival; Late 19th & Early 20th Century American Movements/Prairie School","criteria":[],"status_note":"Park remains in use for outdoor recreation and sports. A 1907 refectory and boathouse was lost to fire in 1981, and the park retains a high degree of integrity despite alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.194334-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/8910/28891032/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/93000837.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000837/9a908f71ec-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000837/9a908f71ec-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Peterson.jon","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fieldhouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Peterson.jon</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:Fieldhouse.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/28891032","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield_Park_(Chicago)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3098339"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/garfield-park-93000837/"}