{"nrhp_refnum":"95000485","name":"Indian Boundary Park","other_names":["Park #165"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"2500 W. Lunt","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.009397481000065,"lon":-87.69328849003483,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-04-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Indian Boundary Park is a roughly 13-acre neighborhood park at 2500 West Lunt Avenue on Chicago's far north side, assembled between 1915 and 1922 by the Ridge Avenue Park District, with a Tudor Revival fieldhouse built in 1929.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the park as an intact example of a small, passive neighborhood park created by a local park district, with a naturalistic landscape by Richard F. Gloede and a 1929 fieldhouse by Clarence Hatzfeld. It is described as the centerpiece of the Ridge Avenue Park District group and an unofficial local landmark of West Rogers Park. Its design differs from the more geometric Chippewa and Potawatomi Parks.","narrative":"Indian Boundary Park is a 13-acre neighborhood park on Chicago's far north side, at Lunt Avenue and Rockwell Street. The Ridge Avenue Park District assembled the site in six purchases between 1915 and 1922. Evanston landscape architect Richard F. Gloede designed its picturesque layout of winding paths, rolling lawns, elliptical planting beds and a lagoon with a small wooded island. The brick, stone and half-timber Tudor Revival fieldhouse, designed by Clarence Hatzfeld, opened in 1929. A small zoo, tennis courts, children's play areas and several monuments, including a carved Indian head keystone from the former Chicago City Hall, complete the park. Work by the W.P.A. in the 1930s added plantings and a zoo barn. The park blends into the lawns of neighboring apartment complexes. Its name recalls the 1816 treaty that set Potawatomi boundaries across the site. It was listed as a district for its intact passive landscape and its role in the surrounding community.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Richard F. Gloede (landscape architect); Clarence Hatzfeld (fieldhouse architect); W.P.A. (1936 zoo barn and improvements)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Tudor Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Fieldhouse described as in excellent condition inside and out; the park remains in use with a zoo, tennis courts, play areas and lagoon. Several original structures, including the pergola, shelters and original maintenance buildings, no longer survive.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.005636-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/8910/28891028/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/95000485.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000485/b9df323325-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000485/b9df323325-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Zol87 from Chicago, Illinois, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_Boundary_Park_Fieldhouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Zol87 from Chicago, Illinois, 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:Indian_Boundary_Park_Fieldhouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891028","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Boundary_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6019933"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/indian-boundary-park-95000485/"}